To hire a minibus that has high fuel consumption costs 200 per week

1. Either a modern brick lodge costs 6000 and can sleep 20 people in 10 rooms. Or a sustainable eco-lodge made from local materials costs 12,000 to build and can sleep 20 people in 5 rooms. Either a diesel generator (for electricity) which costs 400 per lodge to buy and 50 a week to run …….or … Solar panels 3 per lodge (electricity) cost 600 each (no running costs) Either gas heating which costs 100 per lodge per week …or… Sustainable wood burners cost 300 per lodge (no running costs) A water purifiers costs 300 per lodge To hire a minibus that has high fuel consumption costs 200 per week To buy an economical minibus costs 500 per week Paying the local (very old bus) transport company costs 500 per month There are three 1 hr Conservation tours for tourists @ 30 each (staff cost 10) A balloon ride costs a tourist 250 (you pay the provider 50 per person) A 3 day trek @ 500 (you pay the staff 50) – no lodge costs can be charged For 1 person to stay in a modern lodge overnight costs 100 For 1 person to stay in a sustainable lodge costs 120 A 1 hr 4WD thrash through the forest costs the tourist 100 (staff costs 10) Employing overseas workers costs 10 times more than using local people who know the area well but don’t all speak the visitors’ languages and do not have a full understanding of what the visitors like. You need an minimum of 1 employee per lodge. You are the only other person.

2. This is to help you calculate a whole week’s profit - you can have 2 goes. Assume only 6 days in week. Use the big sheet for your calculations Remember that you only have 16,000 Reals to spend in the first week, after this you will have more to spend Do the calculations for the first week and then keep going, assuming the lodge is always full