Impacts of tourism in Kenya

LO: to be able to explain the positive and negative economic/ social and

environmental effects of tourism in Kenya

‘Lovely holiday, terrific wooden souvenirs, but no trees to get any shade under’

What attracts tourists to Kenya?

Kenya case study: watch the video and make notes under these headings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAeMDdIQFRo&feature=related

This is Tsavo… a game park that encourages low density ‘ecotourism’.

How is this type of tourism more beneficial to the environment than the ‘lodge’ hotels in Amboseli or the Maasai Mara?

Examples of questions…..Only explain the positive impacts

Give reasons for the impacts

You need to try examples of places in your answer

Peer assessment……

Conclusion…..

Using an area you have studied evaluate if the positives of tourism outweigh the negatives (6)