Kenya Case Study
- Created by: indianajordyn
- Created on: 09-03-14 16:22
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- Kenya
- East Africa, over 700,000 visitors per year
- people visit for many reasons
- Tribal Culture
- Wildlife (the big five)
- Wildlife safaris
- Warm Climate average of 28 degrees
- Scenery - Savannah, mountains, forests, beaches, coral reefs
- Positive impacts
- Economic - contributes to 15% of the country's Gross National Product
- in 2003, 219,000 people worked in the tourist industry
- Social - Culture and customs of the native Maasai tribe are perserved as traditional dancing is often displayed
- Environmental - 23 National Parks (Nairobi NP) Tourist pay to get in
- This money is used to maintain the National Parks which help protect the environment and wildlife
- Economic - contributes to 15% of the country's Gross National Product
- Negative impacts
- Economic - only 15% of money earned goes to locals, rest lost through economic leakage
- Social - some Maasai tribes people forced off their land to create National Parks for tourists
- Some Muslim people are offended by the way women tourist dress
- Environmental - Safari vehicles have destroyed vegetation causing soil erosion
- Wild animals have been affected, animals changing hunting behavior to avoid crowds
- Coral reefs are being destroyed by the tourist boats anchoring
- Managing the impacts of tourism
- Walking / horseback tours being promoted rather than vehicles
- climbing and white water rafting being promoted instead of safari
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