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Tourism taxation, politics and territorialisation in Tanzania's wildlife management [1]

Tourism activities occurring on communal lands such as Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are increasing in Tanzania. This is the result of natural resources governance reforms aimed to empower communities to manage and benefit directly from resources found in their jurisdictions. This article explores the impacts of taxes imposed on tourism activities occurring on communal lands and the emerging politics of resource and revenue sharing among WMA member villages. In the process, we use empirical data gathered from two WMAs in northern Tanzania between 2006 and 2016.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
07/03/2018
Emmanuel Sulle [3], Holti Banka [4]
Conservation and Society [5]
15
4
465-473
Tags:
Tourism [6], Tanzania [7], Wildlife Management [8], Wildlife Tourism [9], Africa [10], Benefit Sharing [11]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/tourism-taxation-politics-and-territorialisation-tanzanias-wildlife-management
[2] http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2017;volume=15;issue=4;spage=465;epage=473;aulast=Sulle;type=0
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/emmanuel-sulle
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/holti-banka
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/conservation-and-society
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tourism
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tanzania
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-management
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-tourism
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/benefit-sharing