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Case Study: Willingness to Pay and Paddle Trail
Development, North Carolina, USA ( Continued )
kayaks or canoes. They noted that people who rent kayaks and were
predominantly recreational paddlers were more amenable to user fees,
and thus suggested a 'pay to play' charge be implemented on rentals.

Table 7.6 Summary of funding preferences of North Carolina paddlers less likely to
support funding mechanisms

Variable User

fees

Equipment
tax

Craft
registration

License Does not

support any
mechanism

Men 

Private sector
employees

  

Avid paddlers

 

Paddlers who
own canoe

 

Paddlers who
own kayak



Source: After Kline et al. (2012: 249).

Table 7.7 Summary of preferences of North Carolina paddlers who view paddle
trails as an economic development tool

Variable User

fees

Equipment
tax

Craft
registration

License Does not

support any
mechanism

Men  

Household
income higher
than $100,000



Recreational
paddlers



Avid paddlers



Paddlers who rent
kayak/canoe

  

Source: After Kline et al. (2012: 250).