Are Mobile Device Location Data a Substitute for Travel Cost Surveys?

Mobile device location data offer a low-cost alternative for measuring visitation to outdoor recreation sites and are known to correlate with official visitation counts. Less is known about whether these data can recover recreation demand and consumer surplus comparable to survey-based methods. We c...

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Published in:	Land Economics Vol. 102; no. 3; pp. 400 - 418
Main Authors:	Bayham, Jude, Enriquez, Aaron J., Richardson, Leslie
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press Aug2026
Subjects:	United States. National Park Service National parks & reserves Travel costs Location data Sampling errors Acquisition of data Recreation industry Regression analysis Consumers' surplus
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost