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editorial team. This article deals with the Travel Cost Method,
which is often used in evaluating the economic value of
recreational sites. This is particularly important in the
coastal zone because of the level of use and the potential
values that can be attached to the natural coastal and marine
environment.  The Travel Cost Method (TCM) is one of the most
frequently used approaches to estimating the use values of
recreational sites. The TCM was initially suggested by
Hotelling[1] and subsequently developed by Clawson [2] in order
to estimate the benefits from recreation at natural sites. The
method is based on the premise that the recreational benefits at
a specific site can be derived from the demand function that
relates observed users’ behaviour (i.e., the number of trips to
the site) to the cost of a visit. One of the most important
issues in the TCM is the choice of the costs to