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The economic impact of wildlife sites in Scotland
Abstract This paper describes the benefits to local economies from the conservation and management of designated wildlife sites in Scotland, from other conservation-related policy measures and from the expenditures of visitors attracted by the wildlife resource. Three case-study areas are selected for the measurement of visitor-induced benefits (Orkney, Wester Ross and Highland Perthshire) and the direct, indirect and induced income and employment effects of visitor spending are quantified. Although the mean expenditure per visitor is highest in Orkney, due to a longer mean length of stay and a higher proportion of the expenditure that could be attributed to the wildlife attraction, the largest wildlife impact is in Highland Perthshire due to the higher number of visitors to the area. The indirect employment impacts from site visitor expenditure are significant and substantially greater than either those associated directly with site management or those derived from exchequer transfers under other conservation-related policy measures. The implications for the agencies that manage wildlife sites are assessed and it is concluded that greater emphasis on enhancing the user and local area benefits may also have important indirect benefits for the activities of the conservation bodies themselves.
The economic impact of wildlife sites in Scotland
Abstract This paper describes the benefits to local economies from the conservation and management of designated wildlife sites in Scotland, from other conservation-related policy measures and from the expenditures of visitors attracted by the wildlife resource. Three case-study areas are selected for the measurement of visitor-induced benefits (Orkney, Wester Ross and Highland Perthshire) and the direct, indirect and induced income and employment effects of visitor spending are quantified. Although the mean expenditure per visitor is highest in Orkney, due to a longer mean length of stay and a higher proportion of the expenditure that could be attributed to the wildlife attraction, the largest wildlife impact is in Highland Perthshire due to the higher number of visitors to the area. The indirect employment impacts from site visitor expenditure are significant and substantially greater than either those associated directly with site management or those derived from exchequer transfers under other conservation-related policy measures. The implications for the agencies that manage wildlife sites are assessed and it is concluded that greater emphasis on enhancing the user and local area benefits may also have important indirect benefits for the activities of the conservation bodies themselves.
The economic impact of wildlife sites in Scotland
Crabtree, J.R. (author) / Leat, P.M.K. (author) / Santarossa, J. (author) / Thomson, K.J. (author)
Journal of Rural Studies ; 10 ; 61-72
1994-01-01
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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