Valuing visitor services and access to protected areas: The case of Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda

Lal, Pankaj; Wolde, Bernabas; Masozera, Michel; Burli, Pralhad; Alavalapati, Janaki R.R.; Ranjan, Aditi; Montambault, Jensen; Banerjee, Onil; Ochuodho, Thomas O.; Mugabo, Rodrigue

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2017.01.019

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“…What this analysis highlights is that if the Government of Rwanda is interested in generating higher revenues for investing in Nyungwe National Park and to offset Park operations and maintenance, an emphasis on Park fees may be misguided. Though the results presented in Lal et al (2017) show that there is a willingness to pay for improved Park services, in terms of overall economic impact and revenue generation, adjusting fees would have a small marginal effect.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…In this study, we use estimates generated by Lal et al (2017) through a contingent valuation exercise to estimate visitor WTP for improved Park features at Nyungwe National Park (Lal et al, 2017). Lal et al (2017) surveyed 304 international tourists between February and July 2015.…”

Section: Financing Protected Area Management Through Park Access and mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For the entrance fee, the WTP was estimated at US$14.35. Table 1 shows the current and proposed fee structure based on Lal et al (2017). The proposed fee structure along with the estimated WTP for a Park entrance fee represents potential new direct revenues that would result from adjusting the Park fee structure.…”

Section: Financing Protected Area Management Through Park Access and mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These direct benefits can contribute to financing the sustainability of current and future Park operations and maintenance following an investment in Park improvements. The Park improvements considered follow the valuation scenarios described in Lal et al (2017) and the investments considered in the business plan for the Park (Birnie et al, 2015). The business plan assessed Nyungwe's natural values and determined priority lines of action for conservation management.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Visitors to Nyungwe National Park and additional Park revenue with new fee structure; (2011 USD).Source: Authors' own elaboration. Data source:Lal et al (2017) and RDB (2015).The primary y-axis of figure 4 shows the number of visitors to Nyungwe National Park. In 2010, non-resident and resident visitors to the Park were 4,930 and 839 visitors, respectively.…”

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Financing the sustainable management of Rwanda's protected areas

Banerjee

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Ochuodho

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Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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Rwanda's Nyungwe National Park is a biodiversity hotspot with the most endemic species in the ecoregion as well as the highest number of threatened species internationally. In addition to great biological diversity, Nyungwe National Park supplies significant ecosystem services to the Rwandan population including water provisioning and tourism services. Tourism in the Park has strong potential for improving the sustainable management of the Park for continued provision of natural habitat and critical ecosystem services. This paper explores quantitatively the economic impacts of adjustment in Park visitation fees and tourism demand as a source of revenues to improve Park tourism opportunities and ongoing operations and maintenance where budgetary restrictions are particularly acute. The methods developed in this paper are novel in integrating the results of stated preference techniques with regional economy-wide modelling approaches to capture multi-sectoral, direct, indirect and induced impacts. Such methods have strong potential for assessing revenue generation alternatives in other contexts where Park Managers are faced with the need to generate additional revenue for sustainable park management while facing diminishing budget allocations.

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Section: Scenario Resultsmentioning

confidence: 87%

Section: Financing Protected Area Management Through Park Access and mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Financing Protected Area Management Through Park Access and mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Financing Protected Area Management Through Park Access and mentioning

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