Title: Tourists' willingness to pay for wildlife viewing and wildlife conservation in Namibia
Abstract: Contingent valuation was used to survey tourists viewing wildlife in Namibia. Expenditures on, and willingness to pay for, wildlife viewing trips, park admission, a wildlife conservation fund and a community fund were elicited. Each wildlife viewing tourist, in Namibia in 1995, contributed an estimated N$907 to national income in the tourism sector at economic prices, or N$250.3 million in aggregate. In addition, the tourists benefited from consumer surpluses : domestic tourists were willing to pay N$362 per tourist, or N$30.0 million per annum in aggregate, more than they actually did pay for wildlife viewing. Foreign tourists also experienced consumer surpluses, which amounted to N$627 per tourist, or N$121.0 million per annum in aggregate. Ways in which Namibia could extract foreign consumer surplus warrant investigation. Introduction of higher, daily park admission fees could result in the capture of some N$18.2 million new revenue per annum. Introduction of a wildlife conservation fund in Namibia could also result in the capture of some N$28.7 million per annum, from tourists, for investment in the wildlife sector. Further, introduction of a community trust fund could result in the capture of some N$7.2 million per annum, from tourists, for rural development.
Publication Year: 1999
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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