Nature – based tourism is rapidly expanding and, unless it is managed sustainable, the environmental resources it is dependent upon will become degraded. Degradation of those environmental resources will also reduce their amenity value. Amenity value can also be reduced through overcrowding and overuse.
The open access nature of many environmental resources used for nature – based tourism requires resource managers to determine sustainable use levels. In addition, in the situation where resources are used by commercial operators in an equitable and transparent manner. It is also becoming increasingly important for resource managers to appropriate some of the financial benefits gained form the use of natural resources for recreation.
The managers of the whitewater rafting industry on the Nymboida River utilised both planning and economic instruments. The planning instruments, carrying capacity and ROS, allowed the managing agency to determine the appropriate levels of development in the area and the appropriate number of commercial users and clients. Economic instruments allowed management to implement their planning and equitably. A daily quota was set for commercial clients and this was used, in part to determine the appropriate number of commercial operators. Tendering was chosen as the mean of allocating commercial licenses. Tendering provides an ethical and transparent means of allocating licenses, as well as allowing the managing agency to establish a market price for the licenses. The environmental criteria the operators are required to meet before they are able to tender for the licenses will ensure the natural values of the area are conserved. In addition, by making licenses transferable operators are provided with an extra incentive to increase the value of their license by caring for the environment. Transferability also allows inefficient operators to leave the industry.
Finally, the licenses were to be issued for three years with an option for another three years. This provided the industry with a degree of certainty and the incentive to undertake investment in the industry. The combination of these initiatives should help ensure the sustainability of commercial whitewater rafting on the Nymboida River.
Nature – based tourism is rapidly expanding and, unless it is managed sustainable, the environmental resources it is dependent upon will become degraded. Degradation of those environmental resources will also reduce their amenity value. Amenity value can also be reduced through overcrowding and overuse. The open access nature of many environmental resources used for nature – based tourism requires resource managers to determine sustainable use levels. In addition, in the situation where resources are used by commercial operators in an equitable and transparent manner. It is also becoming increasingly important for resource managers to appropriate some of the financial benefits gained form the use of natural resources for recreation. The managers of the whitewater rafting industry on the Nymboida River utilised both planning and economic instruments. The planning instruments, carrying capacity and ROS, allowed the managing agency to determine the appropriate levels of development in the area and the appropriate number of commercial users and clients. Economic instruments allowed management to implement their planning and equitably. A daily quota was set for commercial clients and this was used, in part to determine the appropriate number of commercial operators. Tendering was chosen as the mean of allocating commercial licenses. Tendering provides an ethical and transparent means of allocating licenses, as well as allowing the managing agency to establish a market price for the licenses. The environmental criteria the operators are required to meet before they are able to tender for the licenses will ensure the natural values of the area are conserved. In addition, by making licenses transferable operators are provided with an extra incentive to increase the value of their license by caring for the environment. Transferability also allows inefficient operators to leave the industry. Finally, the licenses were to be issued for three years with an option for another three years. This provided the industry with a degree of certainty and the incentive to undertake investment in the industry. The combination of these initiatives should help ensure the sustainability of commercial whitewater rafting on the Nymboida River.
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