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15 APPENDIX 3. THE ECOTOURISM LODGE MODEL<br />

DELTA STUDY<br />

FINANCIAL/ECONOMIC MODEL - HIGH QUALITY AREA TOURISM - NGAMILAND 2006 - BASE CASE<br />

ASSUMPTIONS*<br />

Production System: 18 bed, up-market lodge offering all inclusive, guided, wildlife viewing.<br />

Site:<br />

High quality, unfenced area with river/floodplain frontage and mixed population of<br />

northeastern woodland species.<br />

Game Density: 100% 6.23 LSU Equivalents/Sq. Km. or, 16 Hectares per LSU Equivalent<br />

Carrying Capacity: 100% 0.125 Tourist Beds/Sq. Km. or, 800 Ha. per Tourist Bed<br />

Concession Size: 14400 Hectares or, 144 Square Kilometres<br />

Tourist Category: Overseas 80% Regional 10% Resident 5% Citizen 5%<br />

Adults 90% Children 10%<br />

Occupancy Rate: 100% 57.5% Average Length of Stay: 4 Days<br />

Daily Tariffs (P): 100% Overseas 2486 Regional 2486 Resident 2486 Citizen 2486<br />

Children 100% of Adult Price<br />

Capital Item Prices: 100% (Variation from Normal for Sensitivity Analysis)<br />

Capital Sources: 100% Loan = 25% Equity = 75% and: 100% Foreign 25% Domestic 75%<br />

Interest Rates: 100% Rate for Capital Loans: 10% Rate for Working Capital Loans: 15%<br />

Working Capital as Proportion of Annual Operating Costs: 20%<br />

Park Entry Fees: 100% Fee per Tourist Night/Day: P 30.00<br />

Land Rental and Resource Royalty (P): 100% Rental: 17.10 per Ha. 100% Royalty: 4% of Turnover<br />

Manpower Needs: 100% Managers 6 Skilled Labour 7 Unskilled Labour 15<br />

100% Management: Foreign 50% Citizen 50%<br />

Shadow Wage Adjustment: 100% Managers 1.00 Skilled Labour 1.00 100% Unskilled Labour 0.50<br />

Foreign Exchange Premium: 100% 6% Adjustment Factor = 1.06<br />

Tax Adjustments: 100% General Sales Tax: 11% Import Taxes: from SACU: 0% to SACU: n/a<br />

Discount Rates: 100% Financial Discount Rate: 8% Economic Discount Rate: 8%<br />

Opportunity Cost of Capital: 100% 8%<br />

Static models depict enterprise at full production. Static financial model includes interest, amortisation<br />

government fees, royalties and land rentals. Static economic model takes foreign<br />

inflows and outflows into account, excludes other interest and transfers and values<br />

enterprise in economic prices before land and government costs<br />

Dynamic models presented over 5 and 10 years, to measure IRR and NPV. Financial dynamic model, at constant<br />

prices, excludes interest and depreciation, and includes asset residual values.<br />

Economic model includes foreign inflows and outflows, and measures value of enterpise<br />

in economic prices before inclusion of land costs and public expenditures.<br />

* Shaded cells indicate degree of conformity with base case values. Underlined shaded cells can be changed<br />

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