Kruger Park Rhino Levy

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From 2018 Kruger management draft plan:

https://www.sanparks.org/assets/docs/co ... t-plan.pdf


Potential risks to tourism in the park are diverse and largely unpredictable. A study conducted during 2016 by the University of Pretoria concluded that rhino poaching and anti-poaching measures do impact tourism and could affect future visitations to the Park.Conservation fees will increasde by 11.3% in 2018/19 for all national parks with rhino’s.This increase has been brought about to support the increasing costs associated with Anti-Poaching operations.


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They have already raised the price of the wildcards. For foreigners it must now be considered a luxury to go to any of the Sanparks with rhinos. Very few are going more than once a year so it is going to affect the budget quite a lot. For a couple it will cost R4.220,00. If staying only for a week it is R603,00 per day O/


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Lisbeth wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2018 2:20 pm For a couple it will cost R4.220,00. If staying only for a week it is R603,00 per day O/
That is R300 per person, or less than 20 €/USD. I don't find it excessive for international tourists who can afford a flight ticket and many nights in lodges. They should be reminded that conservation can be costly.


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You cannot count it per person as it would be much more, as the wildcard for a single person isn't half price ;-)

Sure that conservation is costly, but we are not really talking about "conservation", but anti-poaching which is a kind of war and a lot of the expenses are paid by companies, private supporters and the various anti-poaching groups. As Kruger has to pay for all the parks not making a profit all the excuses for extra earnings are valid.


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It has far more to do with the justification for increases, and the safety of the money generated. It is concerning that the original proposal was a separate levy, and now changed to a general increase... :-?
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Isn't it the same thing -O-


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So no more KNP for me as I will not help fund corruption and their greed and commercialization :evil: :-( 0=


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A little article in Lowvelder states that this year's daily conservation levy increase is now due to rhino costs. This is even more disingenious, in my opinion, as visitors to non-rhino SANParks now subsidise this, according to that logic. O/


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