Valuation of Awash National Park, Ethiopia: An Application of Travel Cost and Choice Experiment Methods

2022 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-173
Author(s):  
Yidnekachew Ashim ◽  
Maru Shete
Keyword(s):  
Choice Experiment ◽  
National Park ◽  
Travel Cost ◽  
Awash National Park

Prey Predator Algorithm for Travelling Salesman Problem

2017 ◽  
pp. 400-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surafel Luleseged Tilahun ◽  
Natnael Nigussie Goshu ◽  
Jean Medard T. Ngnotchouye
Keyword(s):  
Travel Salesman Problem ◽  
National Park ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Travelling Salesman Problem ◽  
Bahir Dar ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Direct Route ◽  
Awash National Park ◽  
Np Hardness

Visiting most, if not all, tourist destination of a country while visiting a country is an ideal plan of a tourist. In most cases if the tour is not carefully planned, it will be costly and time taking to travel between tourist destinations of a country. If we consider Ethiopia, a country which has been named as best tourism destination for 2015 by the European Council on Tourism and Trade (ECTT); there are many tourist destinations all over the country. The problem of determining the optimum route to visit all the tourist sites with minimum traveling time can be formulated as a travel salesman problem. In this study 17 of the famous tourist destination of Ethiopia will be selected and a travel salesman model will be formulated. Due to the NP hardness of the travel salesman problem, metaheuristic based algorithms are found to be more effective. Hence, a recently introduced swarm based metaheuristic algorithm, called prey predator algorithm will be used to deal with the formulated problem. The simulation result suggests that the best route to visit the selected destination is Addis Ababa ? Sof Omar Caves ? Bale Mountain National Park ? Abijiata-Shalla Lakes ? Netchisar National Park ? Mago National Park ? Omo National Park ? Gambella National Park ? Bahir Dar ? Lalibela ? Gonder ? Semien Mountain National Park ? Axum ? Ertale ? Yangudi Rassa National Park ? Awash National Park ? Harar ? Addis Ababa. It should be noted in some of the sites there is no direct route and hence a route through other cities is used and hence it should be recomputed in the future when a direct route between these tourist destinations is constructed.

What are tourists willing to pay for securing the survival of a flagship species? The case of protection of the Ethiopian wolf

2019 ◽  
pp. 135481661988043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tafesse Estifanos ◽  
Maksym Polyakov ◽  
Ram Pandit ◽  
Atakelty Hailu ◽  
Michael Burton
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
National Park ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Random Parameter ◽  
Wolf Population ◽  
Existence Value ◽  
Random Parameter Logit ◽  
Unique Species ◽  
Random Parameter Logit Model

Ecotourism can be an important tool for protecting biodiversity in developing countries. Tourists have preferences for viewing charismatic species and for their conservation, but our understanding of these preferences remains limited. Using choice experiment surveys, we investigate tourists’ preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for the protection of the Ethiopian wolf ( Canis simensis) in Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains National Park. Results from a random parameter logit model show that tourists were willing to pay up to US$5.82/day/trip for increasing the wolf population from 200 to a more viable number of 250 but very little for a more substantial increase. Tourists also valued increases in the size of the protected area (PA) and access to the wolf habitat. The WTP is found to be dependent on tourists’ prior experience to Ethiopian PAs and whether they had viewed other unique species in the park. The findings suggest opportunities for ecotourism to support the Ethiopian wolf, which is in a critical state, and that the primary motivation for tourists’ support might be due to the wolf’s existence value.

Out of the mouths of baboons: Stress, life history, and dental development in the Awash National Park hybrid zone, Ethiopia

2002 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Dirks ◽  
Donald J. Reid ◽  
Clifford J. Jolly ◽  
Jane E. Phillips-Conroy ◽  
Frederick L. Brett
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Hybrid Zone ◽  
National Park ◽  
Dental Development ◽  
Awash National Park

scholarly journals Operation Swayne's Hartebeest

Oryx ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 556-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lealem Berhanu
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Game Warden ◽  
Awash National Park

The largest concentration of Swayne's hartebeest, a race found only in Ethiopia, of which not more than 1000 animals are believed to survive, is threatened by spreading cultivation and the introduction of mechanised farming. The Wildlife Conservation Organisation of Ethiopia decided to translocate as many as possible to safer areas, and this year succeeded in taking 203 to the Awash National Park and to Nachisar where a park is projected. In this article the Deputy Chief Game Warden describes the operation.

scholarly journals Estimation of Tourists’ Willingness to Pay in Ba Vi National Park: Choice Experiment Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Hieu ◽  
Nguyen Hoang Nam ◽  
Pham Van Trung ◽  
Tran Minh Tuan
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
National Park ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Experiment Method ◽  
Current Price

Payment for Forest Environmental Services is one of Vietnam’s most successful policies in socializing forest protection in particular and environmental protection in general. However, the application of this policy in the field of tourism is limited. This study employed Choice Experiment Method to estimate the willingness to pay of tourists, with the aim of providing scientific basis for the application of this policy in Ba Vi National Park. The results showed that 74% of tourists agreed with an increase in entrance fee and in room rate to contribute to the implementation of the policy in the national park. In detail, tourists’ willingness to pay for the increase in the entrance fee is roughly VND 37,000 (equivalent to 61% of the current price) and for the increase in the room rate is roughly VND 181,000 (equivalent to 24% of the average rate).

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