Tourists' willingness to pay for wildlife viewing and wildlife conservation in Namibia.

Contingent valuation was used to survey tourists viewing wildlife in Namibi a. Expenditures on, and willingness to pay for, wildlife viewing trips, par k admission, a wildlife conservation fund and a community fund were elicite d. Each wildlife viewing tourist, in Namibia in 1995, contributed an estima ted N$907 to national income in the tourism sector at economic prices, or N $250.3 million in aggregate. In addition, the tourists benefited from consu mer surpluses: domestic tourists were willing to pay N$362 per tourist, or N$30.0 million per annum in aggregate, more than they actually did pay for wildlife viewing. Foreign tourists also experienced consumer surpluses, whi ch amounted to N$627 per tourist, or N$121.0 million per annum in aggregate . Ways in which Namibia could extract foreign consumer surplus warrant inve stigation. Introduction of higher, daily park admission fees could result i n the capture of some N$18.2 million new revenue per annum. Introduction of a wildlife conservation fund in Namibia could also result in the capture o f some N$28.7 million per annum. from tourists, for investment in the wildl ife sector. Further, introduction of a community trust fund could result in the capture of some N$7.2 million per annum, from tourists, for rural deve lopment.