Author(s)

Min Zeng^1*, LvJie Fan¹, XinYu Zheng²

Affiliation(s)

¹College of Applied Mathematics, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, Sichuan, China.

²School of Information Science and Technology, Xizang University, Lhasa 850000, Tibet, China.

Corresponding Author

Min Zeng

ABSTRACT

In 2023, Juneau, Alaska, received a record 1.6 million cruise visitors, bringing significant revenue but severe overcrowding. To address this, this study develops a sustainable tourism model prioritizing economic benefit maximization. It uses linear fitting/trigonometric functions for visitor numbers, logarithmic/linear functions for tourism revenue, differential equations for environmental pressure, and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for a constrained social cost model. Analysis shows Juneau’s total economic benefit peaks at ~1,026,453 visitors, with an income-expenditure plan and feedback mechanism proposed. A multivariable adjustment approach further quantifies impacts of variables (e.g., visitor spending, tax rates) and identifies key factors (e.g., visitor numbers, glacier melting rate) to support tourism decision-making.

KEYWORDS

Sustainable tourism model; Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Economic benefit maximization; Juneau; Multivariable adjustment

CITE THIS PAPER

Min Zeng, LvJie Fan, XinYu Zheng. Construction of Juneau's tourism social cost-economic benefit model and key factor analysis based on AHP and multivariable adjustment. World Journal of Economics and Business Research. 2026, 4(1): 61-68. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/wjebr3090.

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