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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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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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"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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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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and private sector principals frequently and intensively use this institutional channel to lobby on trade and tourism … of Caribbean tourism, and suggests the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for development. Panel data are …
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Malawi sits amid a vibrant Travel and Tourism (T&T) region that is growing rapidly and increasing its world market … important to view tourism as a national priority across sectors and ministries in Malawi. Thus, there is the need to better …
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Commitment to structural reforms and to economic stabilization has enabled high rates of gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Albania since the start of transition, and consequent reductions in poverty. The crisis caused by the collapse of 'pyramid' investment schemes in late 1996 and early...
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Tourism has become the leading economic sector of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) islands, thus … expanding linkages with the local economy seems crucial going forward. Tourism has replaced agriculture as the main economic … tourism sector of these islands accounted for an estimated 45 percent of GDP, and around 60 percent of foreign exchange …
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