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Pastoralism and Tourism in Eastern Africa—Quantitative Analysis from 2004 to 2018

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  • Zsuzsanna Bacsi

    (Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Georgikon Campus Keszthely, HU-2100 Gödöllö, Hungary)

  • Mesfin Bekele Gebbisa

    (Doctoral School of Economics and Regional Sciences, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, HU-2100 Gödöllö, Hungary)

  • Lóránt Dénes Dávid

    (Faculty of Economics and Business, John Von Neumann University, HU-6000 Kecskemét, Hungary
    Institute of Rural Development and Sustainable Economy, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, HU-2100 Gödöllö, Hungary)

  • Zsolt Hollósy

    (Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Georgikon Campus Keszthely, HU-2100 Gödöllö, Hungary
    Institute of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, HU-1053 Budapest, Hungary)

Abstract

Eastern Africa is a relatively dry area, with a considerable pastoralist population, which is among the poorest segments of society. Pastoralism is a form of subsistence lifestyle, and while pastoralists produce a large proportion of the region’s livestock products, they are not covered well by statistical recording. Pastoralists are experts in keeping livestock in arid rangelands, but they often suffer from land alienation, environmental degradation, and conflict with other land use intentions. The semiarid rangelands in Eastern Africa are home to spectacular savanna wildlife populations, attracting substantial conservation and tourism revenues. Estimations indicate that pastoralism generates significant economic values in the national income due to livestock production and maintenance of tourism attractions. To assess this contribution, the concept of total economic valuation (TEV) is applied. The main aim of the paper is to analyze the contribution of pastoralism to the tourism-related GDP of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, where considerable numbers of pastoralists live. Because of the lack of statistical data on pastoralism, the second objective is to construct a database of indicators that measure the extent of pastoralism for these countries for 2004, 2014, and 2018. The methodology includes the construction of the above database using secondary sources, and then to apply correlation and regression analysis on this database and the economic and tourism performance data series of the studied four countries. The results of the analysis showed that the extent of pastoralism is positively related to GDP and to value added by tourism and agriculture, and international tourism receipts are positively related to pastoralism’s contribution to GDP. The tourism competitiveness index (TTCI) was found to be negatively related to the size of the pastoralism sector. The policy implications of our findings are that pastoralist societies are increasingly important not only for their marketed economic output, but for their services provided to tourism and to the environment; therefore, instead of neglecting them, they should be more in the focus of development.

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  • Zsuzsanna Bacsi & Mesfin Bekele Gebbisa & Lóránt Dénes Dávid & Zsolt Hollósy, 2023. "Pastoralism and Tourism in Eastern Africa—Quantitative Analysis from 2004 to 2018," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-18, June.
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