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Figure 1. Graph showing <strong>the</strong> percentage of tourists and <strong>the</strong>ir origin coming to BMNP over <strong>the</strong> past<br />

3 years.<br />

Historical trends show that although still relatively low, <strong>the</strong> numbers of tourists coming to BMNP<br />

annually is steadily increasing (OARDB 2007, BMNP unpublished data). Currently <strong>the</strong>re are about<br />

80 (10 regular) Addis based tour operators bringing visitors to <strong>Bale</strong> and <strong>the</strong> survey revealed that<br />

most tourists receive <strong>the</strong>ir informati<strong>on</strong> about <strong>Bale</strong> from ei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> internet or travel books such as<br />

<strong>the</strong> rough guide or l<strong>on</strong>ely planet.<br />

In 2009, a sec<strong>on</strong>d survey was carried out <strong>on</strong> tourists in Dodola engaging in a trekking holiday.<br />

This survey asked if <strong>the</strong>y had heard about BMNP, would <strong>the</strong>y like to visit and if so what is stopping<br />

<strong>the</strong>m. Results showed that 100% of resp<strong>on</strong>dents had heard of BMNP, 92% said <strong>the</strong>y would like to<br />

visit BMNP and of <strong>the</strong>se 50% had already been to or intended to go to BMNP after Dodola, 33%<br />

stated that <strong>the</strong>y did not have enough time, and 8% said that nothing was stopping <strong>the</strong>m (a fur<strong>the</strong>r 8%<br />

had no answer). These results suggest that linking up with Dodola trekking may be a good market<br />

to tap into and that <strong>on</strong>ce <strong>the</strong> road from Addis Ababa is fully tarred (and if flights return), <strong>the</strong>n due<br />

to <strong>the</strong> drastically decreased time to get to BMNP, it is likely more visitors will come. A survey also<br />

revealed that tourists c<strong>on</strong>sidered <strong>the</strong> current entrance fee of $5 per 48 hours between too little to fair<br />

and most would be willing to pay twice that ($10) and some even up to $30 (FZS unpublished data).<br />

A financial analysis<br />

Figure 2 shows <strong>the</strong> availability of funds from all sources (government and external) for each park<br />

management programme over <strong>the</strong> past 5 years. It can be seen that out of all of <strong>the</strong> programmes,<br />

tourism has received <strong>the</strong> lowest (3%) funds. A historic analysis (BMNP BP 2010) shows that over<br />

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