Mass tourism Kenya +/-
- Created by: millard
- Created on: 07-05-16 14:14
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- Mass tourism Kenya:
- 5 Reasons to go:
- Safari - Big five (Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Rhino, Lion, Leopard) - 80% of holidays have wildlife aspect
- Beaches - Mombassa main holiday destination, large white beaches and coral reefs
- Culture - Masai Mara Tribe
- Adventurous - Great Rift Valley and Mount Kenya
- Weather - Excellent climate with lots of sunshine
- Strategies to reduce negative impacts:
- Limit number of all-inclusive hotels as they generate lots of waste
- Limit the number of tourists entering Kenya
- Increase the tax on items - more money to government and people will be more economical
- Community tourist boards, views of the community took into account
- Change hotels to B&Bs so people go out into the local shops
- Economy
- Positives:
- Tourism contributes 15% to the GDP
- In 2006 $800million made from tourism
- In 2003, 220,000 employed from tourism
- Negatives:
- Only 15% of money goes to locals the rest goes to the holiday companies
- Gov. promised Masai Mara tribe share of the profits but they never received it
- Positives:
- Social
- Positives:
- Culture & customs of Masai Mara preserved, such as Traditional Jumping & Dancing
- Negatives:
- Some tribes forced out when Gov. built NP
- Muslims offended by the way some Western tourists dress
- Positives:
- Environmental
- Positives:
- 23 NPs, pay to enter so money goes to help conservation
- Negatives:
- Safari vehicles destroy vegetation and cause an increased rate of erosion
- Habitats destroyed
- People take parts of the Coral Reef as Souvenirs!
- Pollution has meant 5 species of turtle are now extinct
- Positives:
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