Park Fees

[planeta]

This topic will review resources -- particularly those online -- relating to park fees

TIP - Planeta.com's guide to parks and protected areas is online
>> http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/tour/parks.html

[planeta]

New Paper


Evaluation of the Pilot Fee System at Eduardo Avaroa Reserve and Recommendations for the Bolivian Protected Area System
Drumm, A., 2004. (.pdf, 858kb)
>> http://nature.org/aboutus/travel/ecotou ... uation.pdf

EvaluaciÛn del Sistema de Cobro Piloto en la Reserva Eduardo Avaroa y Recomendaciones para el Sistema Boliviano de ¡reas Protegidas
Drumm, A., 2004. (.pdf, 857kb)
>> http://nature.org/aboutus/travel/ecotou ... avaroa.pdf

[jshores]

The subject of park fees comes up in the broader discussion of Park Finance (or as I like to call it, Paying for Parks or P4P). I put some resources on my web site, including the Paying for Parks manual, at:

http://www.geocities.com/shores_system/ ... index.html

Comments, suggestions, and additional resources always welcome.

// John //

[planeta]

Updating the Parks and Protected Areas index
>> http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/links/parks.html

[jterborgh]

The following is an update on recent activities related to tourism income generation for protected areas of The Nature Conservancy.

Increasing Income for Protected Areas
With the right policies in place, developing countries have the opportunity to help pay for conservation activities by capturing the economic value of tourism. To demonstrate this potential in Bolivia, the Conservancy held a workshop with Bolivian Park Service directors and mangers and successfully achieved consensus around a plan to implement policy reform. The plan will include mechanisms such as visitor entrance fees, tour operator license fees, and concession agreements at the country’s most visited protected areas that will eventually generate over $1 million per year for conservation.

To help execute the plan, the Conservancy carried out a financial analysis of tourism operations at Noel Kempff Mercado National Park with Price Waterhouse Coopers that will further guide government strategies for tourism business management. The Conservancy also helped strengthened the long-term legal standing of these new mechanisms by facilitating the development of an updated national tourism regulation that was approved by Bolivian government decree in January, 2006.

In Ecuador, the Conservancy, the ministries of Environment, Tourism, and Finance, and the tourism private sector and local NGOs have launched a study together to capitalize on the economic benefits of tourism for conservation. This study will quantify the economic value of tourism to protected areas and develop a strategy to optimize the flow of tourism spending for the conservation of Ecuador’s protected area system. The Conservancy and partners hope to demonstrate how tourism can be a significant contributor to the financial sustainability of the park system, rather than a threat to it.

For free on-line resources about tourism income generation for protected areas, visit:
http://www.nature.org/aboutus/travel/ec ... resources/

The Nature Conservancy
In the area of ecotourism, The Nature Conservancy works with conservation organizations, communities, the private sector, and protected area managers around the world to advance tourism that 1) serves as a source of financing for conservation; 2) reduces threats to protected areas; 3) offers rural communities opportunities to develop sustainable businesses; and 4) share best practices and lessons learned.

[planeta]

User-pays parks mooted - Sunday Mail
http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story ... 02,00.html

BUDGET cuts within the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service have fuelled speculation the State Government will consider charging a daily access fee to national parks and forests ... QPWS sources said one of the state's iconic parks – Currawinya National Park, home of the save-the-bilby sanctuary in southwest Queensland – was being run down because of lack of funding with its operating budget, excluding wages for park rangers, slashed from $100,000 to just $30,000 in five years.

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