The economic valuation of nature-based tourism in the South African Kgalagadi area and implications for the Khomani San ‘bushmen’ community

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dc.creatorDikgang, Johane
dc.creatorMuchapondwa, Edwin
dc.date2014-06-24T08:48:24Z
dc.date2014-06-24T08:48:24Z
dc.date2014
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:41Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:41Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThe economic importance of the various attributes of dryland nature-based tourism in the Kgalagadi area is generally unknown, as is the distribution of benefits from such tourism. This study seeks to value selected attributes of nature-based tourism in the Kgalagadi area by applying the choice experiment technique and then assessing the potential for nature-based tourism to contribute to the Khomani San ‘bushmen’ livelihoods through a payment for ecosystem services scheme. The values placed on the attributes by park visitors are estimated using the conditional logit and random parameter logit models. The visitors prefer more pristine recreational opportunities, increased chances of seeing predators and disapprove of granting the local Khomani San communities access to grazing opportunities inside the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Notably, the marginal willingness to pay for pristine recreational opportunities across all models ranging from R76.96 (US$9.08) to R177.08 (US$20.88) per trip depending on the type of restrictions imposed. Given that previous studies report that the Khomani San are willing to accept reasonable compensation for relevant resource-use restrictions, there is scope for a payment for ecosystem services scheme where visitors could be charged additional park entry fees sufficient to compensate the local communities to accept a restriction of natural resource use in the Kgalagadi area.
dc.identifierDikgang, J. & Muchapondwa, E. (2014). The economic valuation of nature-based tourism in the South African Kgalagadi area and implications for the Khomani San ‘bushmen’ community. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy: 1-17.
dc.identifierhttp://www.efdinitiative.org/publications/economic-valuation-nature-based-tourism-south-african-kgalagadi-area-and-implications
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/731
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Nature-based tourism KW - Environmental economics KW - Kgalagadi KW - Khomani San bushmen LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The economic valuation of nature-based tourism in the South African Kgalagadi area and implications for the Khomani San ‘bushmen’ community TI - The economic valuation of nature-based tourism in the South African Kgalagadi area and implications for the Khomani San ‘bushmen’ community UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/731 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/731
dc.languageen
dc.publisherJournal of Environmental Economics and Policy
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectNature-based tourism
dc.subjectEnvironmental economics
dc.subjectKgalagadi
dc.subjectKhomani San bushmen
dc.titleThe economic valuation of nature-based tourism in the South African Kgalagadi area and implications for the Khomani San ‘bushmen’ community
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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