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Title:Potential Monopoly Rents from International Wildlife Tourism: An Example from Uganda's Gorilla Tourism
Authors:Andersson, Petra
Crone, Sara
Stage, Jesper
Stage, Jorn
Year:2005
Periodical:Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (ISSN 1027-1775)
Volume:21
Issue:1
Period:January
Pages:1-18
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs., ills., maps
Geographic terms:Uganda
East Africa
Subjects:national parks and reserves
tourism
public revenue
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
Economics, Commerce
monopolies
Economic analysis
External link:http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/v021/21.1andersson.pdf
Abstract:The economic benefits many African countries derive from international wildlife tourism are very few, especially when viewed from existing potentials in terms of resources and uniqueness. African wildlife tourism has natural barriers to entry and thus is basically a monopolistic market. However, African countries have done virtually nothing to take advantage of this situation. Rather than focusing on cost recovery or revenue maximization, the governments should therefore aim at maximizing profits from international tourism. Uganda is the case study of this paper in this regard. Data collected from a travel cost survey indicates that in 1997, even under uniform pricing, Uganda's profit from gorilla tracking in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park alone could have been increased by between USD 30,000 and USD 220,000 (depending on assumptions about social costs). Besides, unlike most government revenue sources, monopoly prices on international tourism do not impose deadweight losses on the domestic economy. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract]
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