How much of that 50K-500K do you think is actually helping ‘poor villagers’?
If I were you my Friend I would be far more concerned with Crony Capitalism between the US Gov’t, Big Tech, and the Communist Chinese Gov’t. Not to mention the importation of cheap labor from India and south of our border destroying our middle class.
The money spent by Hunters in countries like Zimbabwe for The Hunt is a pittance in the Grand Scheme of things. Not to mention that such countries are no threat whatsoever to the USA. If people like you worried more about the above-mentioned issues and actually got off your asses to do something about it our country would not be in the position it is currently in.
That said, to answer your question, enough of that money goes to the anti-poaching effort to have a demonstrable impact. And, it brings a great deal of help to the local tribal villages. Money that they could never dream of in their wildest dreams.
Does much line politicians’ pockets, well DUH, where on this earth does that not happen? If you know of any country so perfect that there is No Money Corruption please let us all know what country that is.