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Kenya - VERIFIED ANSWERS-Basic Info: 36 mil pop, $500 GDP/capita, earns $850 mil
from tourism = 15% country's GDP, 1.8 mil tourists/year, 500 000 people employed
indirectly/directly by tourism
Kenya - VERIFIED ANSWERS-Physical Attractions: Wildlife parks, 80% of tourists due
to wildlife, easy to see 'Big Five' (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino), Indian Ocean
coastline, Mombasa, white coral sand and warm water, home to 240 species of fish and
wide variety of coral
Human Attractions: in 1970s, Kenya protected wildlife within 45 National Parks and
Game reserves, cover 10% of country, gov invested in providing luxury safari
accommodation, neighbouring countries where wildlife can be seen deemed unsafe
(Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan)
Kenya - VERIFIED ANSWERS-Benefits
Economic : contributes to 15% of GDP, 500 000 people employed directly/indirectly by
tourism, tourists like local products (cafes/taxis)
Social: Traditional cultures like Masai people preserved, tourist activity to go watch
native dancing, new infrastructure
Environmental: money from tourism to protect wildlife, 23 national parks, fees go to
protecting wildlife
Kenya - VERIFIED ANSWERS-Negatives:
Economic: leakage, only 15% of money earned goes to locals, seasonal, low wages,
locals might not be able to afford products, managerial positions go to workers from
other countries, fussy tourists food
Social: Muslim culture clash, only 2% of $27 fee goes to Masai tribe, shortage of land
leads to people farming near parks, elephants trampled crops/lion eat cattle, X kill them
Environmental: coral reefs damaged by boat anchors/tourists, dying coral = fish dying,
vehicles damage environment (cars scrape soil/grass off ground = desertification), busy
days can be 8000 visitors = queues of 70+ vans at viewing sites = reduced wildlife
numbers, wildebeest migration has dropped from 800 000 to 300 000 in 20 years
Kenya - VERIFIED ANSWERS-Strategies: diversify tourist activities (e.g. sailing/rafting),
walking/horse-riding encouraged, better distribution of tourist activities, permanent
buoys, doubling park fees, increasing cost of hotels/camps, ecotourism
UK - VERIFIED ANSWERS-32 million visitors to UK in 2008
UK - VERIFIED ANSWERS-£14 bil in 2007
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Kenya - VERIFIED ANSWERS-Basic Info: 36 mil pop, $500 GDP/capita, earns $850 mil
from tourism = 15% country's GDP, 1.8 mil tourists/year, 500 000 people employed
indirectly/directly by tourism
Kenya - VERIFIED ANSWERS-Physical Attractions: Wildlife parks, 80% of tourists due
to wildlife, easy to see 'Big Five' (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino), Indian Ocean
coastline, Mombasa, white coral sand and warm water, home to 240 species of fish and
wide variety of coral
Human Attractions: in 1970s, Kenya protected wildlife within 45 National Parks and
Game reserves, cover 10% of country, gov invested in providing luxury safari
accommodation, neighbouring countries where wildlife can be seen deemed unsafe
(Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan)
Kenya - VERIFIED ANSWERS-Benefits
Economic : contributes to 15% of GDP, 500 000 people employed directly/indirectly by
tourism, tourists like local products (cafes/taxis)
Social: Traditional cultures like Masai people preserved, tourist activity to go watch
native dancing, new infrastructure
Environmental: money from tourism to protect wildlife, 23 national parks, fees go to
protecting wildlife
Kenya - VERIFIED ANSWERS-Negatives:
Economic: leakage, only 15% of money earned goes to locals, seasonal, low wages,
locals might not be able to afford products, managerial positions go to workers from
other countries, fussy tourists food
Social: Muslim culture clash, only 2% of $27 fee goes to Masai tribe, shortage of land
leads to people farming near parks, elephants trampled crops/lion eat cattle, X kill them
Environmental: coral reefs damaged by boat anchors/tourists, dying coral = fish dying,
vehicles damage environment (cars scrape soil/grass off ground = desertification), busy
days can be 8000 visitors = queues of 70+ vans at viewing sites = reduced wildlife
numbers, wildebeest migration has dropped from 800 000 to 300 000 in 20 years
Kenya - VERIFIED ANSWERS-Strategies: diversify tourist activities (e.g. sailing/rafting),
walking/horse-riding encouraged, better distribution of tourist activities, permanent
buoys, doubling park fees, increasing cost of hotels/camps, ecotourism
UK - VERIFIED ANSWERS-32 million visitors to UK in 2008
UK - VERIFIED ANSWERS-£14 bil in 2007
