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Economic Impacts of Protected Area Tourism on Local Communities in Nepal

World Bank - 2022

these protected areas, which play a significant role in driving tourism, and contribute to the country's economy. Visitors … and rich biodiversity is equally a major tourism asset in an industry which attracts eight billion visitors a year to … tourism in its protected areas by estimating the direct and indirect benefits to local economies from protected area tourism …

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Promoting Nature-Based Tourism for Management of Protected Areas and Elephant Conservation in Sri Lanka

World Bank - 2013

examine the scope for enhancing protection of Sri Lanka's natural assets through nature based tourism as an instrument for … conservation with a specific focus on elephant conservation. This study identifies development opportunities that increase tourism …

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Seychelles Tourism Sector Review : Sustaining Growth in a Successful Tourism Destination

World Bank - 2014

The Seychelles tourism sector today is a success story. No doubt, the Seychelles has been endowed with wonderful … natural tourism assets in its beautiful beaches and mountain backdrops, but its success has also been due to good governance … and strategic policy choices. With 24.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) directly attributable to tourism, the …

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Household welfare and natural resource management around national parks in Zambia

Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit - 2009

"Game management areas in Zambia aim to combine nature conservation with economic empowerment of rural households. By looking at households inside and outside game management areas, this study advances the knowledge of the impact of community based natural resource management on household...

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Scaling Up Marine Management : The Role of Marine Protected Areas

World Bank - 2012

This study answers the key questions on marine protected areas (MPAs) by assessing country experience with these and other tools along the marine management area continuum that have been adopted to address loss of biodiversity and fisheries and other marine resource degradation, which have...

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Domestic water pricing with household surveys : a study of acceptability and willingness to pay in Chongqing, China

Wang, Hua - 2008

"In determining domestic water prices, policy makers often need to use information about the demand side rather than only relying on information about the supply side. Household surveys have frequently been employed to collect demand-side information. This paper presents a multiple bounded...

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The value of mortality risk reductions in Delhi, India

Bhattacharya, Soma - 2006

"The authors interviewed commuters in Delhi, India, asking them to report their willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce their risk of dying in road traffic accidents in each of three scenarios that mirror the circumstances under which the majority of the road fatalities in Delhi occur. The WTP...

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The use of willingness to pay experiments : estimating demand for piped water connections in Sri Lanka

Van Houtven, George (contributor) - 2006

"The authors show how willingness to pay surveys can be used to gauge household demand for improved network water and sanitation services. They do this by presenting a case-study from Sri Lanka, where they surveyed approximately 1,800 households in 2003. Using multivariate regression, they show...

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Environment as cultural heritage : the Armenian diaspora's willingness-to-pay

Laplante, Benot - 2005

"Laplante, Meisner, and Wang present a study of willingness-to-pay of the Armenian Diaspora in the United States to protect Armenia's Lake Sevan, a unique and precious symbol of the Armenian cultural heritage. Dichotomous choice contingent valuation questions were asked in mail surveys to elicit...

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Phasing out polluting motorcycles in Bangkok : policy design by using contingent valuation surveys

Xie, Jian (contributor) - 2004

"Xie, Shah, Capannelli and Wang use a contingent valuation method to study the design of economic incentives to phase out polluting motorcycles in Bangkok. Like in many other cities, the government of Bangkok has been considering a series of control measures to discourage and eventually...

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