316:(U$ 100000-120000) in Oti-Kéran alone. At the time it was considered a regional model for protected area ecotourism development and photographs still exist of herds of elephants and other key tourist attractions in the Park. Today the entire infrastructure is ruined and the ecotourism sector has not really restarted in the area of Oti-Kéran after the long period of socio-political troubles. Very few regional tourists arrive from neighboring countries (WAP complex Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin), but there are no adequate facilities or accommodation in Togo to encourage them to stay longer. The national Ministry of Tourism is concentrating its efforts in the Plateau Region and considers it necessary for management of protected areas in the Oti-Keran / Oti-Mandouri Complex to be revitalized and for habitats and fauna to be re-established before ecotourism plans can be developed.
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410:Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa
814:"Parc national de la Keran"
728:Exclamatory paradise whydah
440:Synceros caffer brachyceros
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307:Ecotourism
193:Designated
978:31 August
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406:Waterbuck
326:diversity
260:elephants
254:and even
227:Kara area
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826:25 April
760:Reptiles
312:million
289:Pendjari
273:hectares
131:0°37′8″E
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95:Location
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235:Ghana
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919:UNDP
888:2014
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356:UNDP
332:and
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223:Togo
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