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Research Note: Optimizing Economic Returns from Protected Area Tourism — Tourism-Related Income and Expenditure Trends of the Department of Conservation, New Zealand

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  • Yusuf Riza

    (Foreign Investment Services Bureau, Ministry of Trade and Industries, Male, Maldives)

  • Brent Lovelock

    (Department of Tourism, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand)

Abstract

Increasing visitor numbers have been identified as a contributor to the financial stress experienced by many protected area management agencies. This research note reports on a study of the income and expenditure of the Department of Conservation in New Zealand – the country's protected area manager and arguably its largest tourist operator. Income and expenditure data are analysed in relation to visitation to protected areas in New Zealand for the ten-year period 1992–2002. The findings reveal that income from tourism-related sources is very low, despite the increasing volumes of visitors. An argument is presented for enhancing visitor-sourced income, particularly from international visitors.

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  • Yusuf Riza & Brent Lovelock, 2006. "Research Note: Optimizing Economic Returns from Protected Area Tourism — Tourism-Related Income and Expenditure Trends of the Department of Conservation, New Zealand," Tourism Economics, , vol. 12(4), pages 659-666, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:toueco:v:12:y:2006:i:4:p:659-666
    DOI: 10.5367/000000006779319945
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