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International TourismCase Study: Kenya

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Where is Kenya?What attracts tourists to Kenya?What are the consequences of tourism in the Maasai Mara?How can tourism be managed in the future?

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Map of Kenya

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Label the map of Kenya

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Where is Kenya?What attracts tourists to Kenya?What are the consequences of tourism in the Maasai Mara?How can tourism be managed in the future?

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What attracts tourists to Kenya?

Study the photographs and make a list of reasons why tourists are attracted to Kenya.

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Kenya enjoys a tropical climate. It is hot and humid at the coast, temperate inland and very dry in the northern and northeastern parts of the country.

What attracts British tourists to Kenya?

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Use evidence from the graphs to suggest why British tourists may consider going on holiday to Kenya.

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Tourism in Kenya

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Where is Kenya?What attracts tourists to Kenya?What are the consequences of tourism in the Maasai Mara?How can tourism be managed in the future?

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A typical safari holiday…Day 1 Arrive at Nairobi Airport and transfer to hotel.Day 2 Drive west to the Serena Mara Lodge in the Maasai Mara…it is built in African-style with a thatched roof. Enjoy cocktails on the terrace while looking over the glade.Day 3 Drive through the Mara in the jeeps and see buffalo, rhinoceros, elephants, birds, etc.Day 4 More game viewing with chance to see some of

the more unusual species.Day 5 Visit the Maasai.Day 6 View the big game animals from a hot air balloon on your last day at the lodge. Enjoy your last evening with dancing from the Maasai.Day 7 Return to Nairobi.

What are the consequences of this type of holiday?

A typical safari holiday

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What impact do you think tourism has on the animals and environment?

Consequences of tourism in the Maasai Mara

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Tourism in the Maasai Mara

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An advantage of the game reserves is that animals are protected from being hunted.

Consequences of tourism in the Maasai Mara

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‘Like several others, my camp (Maasai Mara) made a special effort to encourage leopards to appear. Every night, one of the guards crosses the river, using a small footbridge, and hangs meat on a tree. One leopard, clearly more interested in fast food than searching for dinner, regularly retrieves it…’ Independent, January 2000

Read the newspaper extract.

1. Why does the guard put meat over the river?

2. What impact does his practice have on the leopards?

Examination question

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Traditionally the Maasai have lead a subsistence lifestyle as nomadic pastoralists.

Consequences of tourism

Until the Kenyan government set up the National Reserve in the 1950s the Maasai Mara was part of the Massai’s original land.

Subsistence is when people provide for themselves. They do not have surplus for sale although they may exchange products with other groups.

Nomadic pastoralists are cattle herders who move around with the seasons. They do not have a permanent home.

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Tourism in the Maasai Mara

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Do you believe that tourism is good or bad for the Maasai Mara? Justify your answer.

Tourism in the Maasai Mara

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Examination question

With reference to an area you have studied in an LEDC, explain the advantages and disadvantages that tourism can bring.

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Where is Kenya?What attracts tourists to Kenya?What are the consequences of tourism in the Maasai Mara?How can tourism be managed in the future?

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How can tourism be managed in the future?

‘Sustainability principles refer to the environmental, economic and socio-cultural aspects of tourism development and a suitable balance must be established between these three dimensions to guarantee that any tourism scheme is long-term.’

The World Tourism Organisation believes that all tourism should be sustainable. It states that:

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What is ecotourism?

What evidence is there in the photographs that this type of safari is more beneficial to the environment than the lodge hotels in the Maasai Mara or Amboseli?

Ecotourism is a type of sustainable tourism which aims to take into account environmental, cultural and social considerations.

Study these photographs of Tsavo Game Reserve.

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Eselenkei Conservation Area

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Eselenkei Conservation Area

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Key ideas

Tourism is an important industry for Kenya.

Tourists are attracted to Kenya for its wildlife, its varied landscape, climate and its people.

The Maasai Mara is an example of a game reserve in Southern Kenya.

Tourism creates many environmental and socio-economic consequences – these are both positive and negative.

Eselenkei Conservation Area is an example of ecotourism which aims to be sustainable.