Assessing the Economic Impact of Tourism in Protected Areas on Local Economies in Zambia (English)

Zambia is a country richly endowed with natural resources, and home to a substantial protected area network. Approximately 40 percent of the country’s land area enjoys some form of protection, with globally significant biodiversity. This combination of protected areas and rich biodiversity is equally a major tourism asset, in an industry which world over attracts eight billion visitors a year to protected areas, provides one-in-ten jobs globally...

DETAILS

Author

Zhu,Heng;

Gupta,Anubhab;

Whitney,Edward Matthew;

Narain,Urvashi;

Olatunji,Iretomiwa;

Bhammar,Hasita Mukeshkumar;

Mubanga,Ngao;

Spencer,Phoebe Girouard;

Taylor,Edward J.;
Document Date
2022/05/17
Document Type
Report
Report Number
171611
Volume No
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2022/05/19
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Assessing the Economic Impact of Tourism in Protected Areas on Local Economies in Zambia

Language

English

Rel. Proj ID

1W-Assessing the Economic Impact of Protected Areas on Regional Economies -- P171044

Major Sector

FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry

Theme

FY17 - Landscape Management,FY17 - Coastal Zone Management,FY17 - Renewable Natural Resources Asset Management,FY17 - Biodiversity

Sector

FY17 - Tourism,FY17 - Forestry,FY17 - Fisheries

TF No/Name

TF0B0755-Economic Impact of Protected Areas,TF0B1041-3.1.-BR-FJ-Assessing the Economic Impact of Marine Protected Areas on R

Topics

Tourism,Tourism Value Chain,Tourism, Retail, Construction, and Real Estates,

Unit Owning

GLOBAL ENR PM (SENGL)

Version Type

Final

Product Line

Advisory Services & Analytics

DOWNLOADS

COMPLETE REPORT

Official version of document (may contain signatures, etc)

Official PDF
TXT*
Total Downloads** : 813
Download Stats
*The text version is uncorrected OCR text and is included solely to benefit users with slow connectivity.

Citation

Zhu,Heng; Gupta,Anubhab; Whitney,Edward Matthew; Narain,Urvashi; Olatunji,Iretomiwa; Bhammar,Hasita Mukeshkumar; Mubanga,Ngao; Spencer,Phoebe Girouard; Taylor,Edward J..

Assessing the Economic Impact of Tourism in Protected Areas on Local Economies in Zambia (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099120005182233834

Assessing the Economic Impact of Tourism in Protected Areas on Local Economies in Zambia (English)

DETAILS

DOWNLOADS

COMPLETE REPORT

Citation

RELATED LINKS

SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL ALERTS