Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Table 2-16: Summary of the annual private values associated with household natural
resources use and agricultural activities in the five zones of the <strong>Ramsar</strong> site and the
contribution of the wetland itself (in Pula, 2005)
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Pan-handle West South West South East Central TOTAL
Upland resources 4 455 802 2 647 276 1 603 807 7 818 836 1 439 804 17 965 525
Livestock 9 507 254 17 071 621 9 407 181 25 142 602 37 173 61 165 831
Upland crops 1 797 892 332 514 319 151 1 733 447 - 4 183 004
Molapo crops 43 375 1 350 992 129 373 644 534 23 377 2 191 651
Wetland plants 2 727 891 1 554 821 91 199 2 834 808 63 856 7 272 574
Fish 2 253 711 20 766 10 639 263 441 116 963 2 665 520
Wetland birds 8 860 18 073 -9 558 -68 976 - -51 601
Total <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site 20 794 735 22 996 062 11 551 793 38 368 692 1 681 173 95 392 505
Total from wetland 5 009 113 14 978 302 147 910 9 592 073 190 871 29 918 270
Source: ODMP – Economic Valuation Report (2006)
2.7.1.2 Tourism economic value
Three methods were used to estimate turnover in the tourist industry attributable to the
<strong>Delta</strong> and the average value was used. The first two were based on the estimated relative
size of each enterprise, and the third was based on estimated occupancy rates.
Tourism in the <strong>Okavango</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site is estimated to generate direct output of P1
115 million, and directly contributes some P401 million to the GDP (Table 2-17). These
results represent the gross output (turnover) and the gross value added (GDP contribution)
resulting from turnover generated by tourism in the study area. They represent the direct
first-round expenditures of tourists on tourism facilities, as well as associated linkages (see
below).They do not include any indirect impacts, which also result in the broader economy,
from these tourism expenditures due to the multiplier effect.
Table 2-17: Estimated value of annual gross output and gross value added in the <strong>Okavango</strong>
<strong>Delta</strong>-based tourism industry using three methods, and average value used in this study
(in P million, 2005)
Method 1
Gross output / Gross Value added
Method 2
Gross output / Gross
value added
Method 3
Gross output /
Gross value added
Average
Gross output /
Gross value added
Non-consumptive tourism 910.8 320.7 853.0 340.8 935.3 270.4 899.7 310.6
Hunting tourism 151.5 58.1 170.9 77.9 195.2 65.5 172.5 67.2
CBNRM tourism 20.9 12.7 46.1 20.0 53.3 17.7 40.1 16.8
TOTAL 1 093.6 403.5 1 070.0 442.9 1 183.8 356.5 1 115.8 401.0
Source: ODMP – Economic Valuation Report (2006)
Table 2-18 and Table 2-19 show average values of the gross output, gross value added
(gross national product contribution) and economic resource rent produced in <strong>Okavango</strong>
<strong>Delta</strong>-based tourism broken down by type of product. The products are the different
services that tourists visiting the <strong>Delta</strong> spend money on, and include accommodation and
various linked services. The tables show values for the <strong>Ramsar</strong> site as a whole as well as for
the wetland part of the site only. It can be seen that the wetland produced some 90% of the
GNP contribution of the <strong>Ramsar</strong> site as a whole.