Kenya - Mass tourism Flashcards
Where is Kenya?
Eastern Africa.
Where is Kenya in regards to the India Ocean?
East.
Where is Kenya in regards to Ethiopia and Somalia?
They are north.
Where is Kenya in regards to Tanzania?
It is south.
Where is Kenya in regards to Uganda?
It is north west.
Why did Kenya become a tourist resort?
Natural environment.
National parks.
Give examples of where tourists like to visit in Kenya?
Masai Mara.
Coral reefs.
Mt Kenya.
How many Kenyans are employed in hotels as guides?
180,000.
How many people were indirectly employed?
300,000.
Why has tourism helped?
To fund local facilities.
Schools.
Service sector jobs are created where ?
In hotels and restaurants.
What do farmers have?
A market for their produce.
What is tourism improving?
The standard of living of people throughout Kenya.
What does tourists money help improve?
Government improve roads. Hospitals. Water supply. Drainage. Electricity.
How many people provide food and souvenirs?
380,000.
Natural environment is becoming destroyed of what?
Building airports, roads and hotels for tourists.
What is there pressure on?
The landscape from minibuses.
The destruction of what else?
Coral reefs.
Visitor numbers have done what?
Went down.
Most of the jobs created by tourism are what?
Badly paid.
What happens when tourists don’t come?
People are out of work.
Where is development only concentrated at?
Holiday areas.
Improving infrastructure is expensive, so what happens?
It is often dependant on foreign investment.
What happens to the profit made from tourism?
It does not stay in Kenya, it goes to large hotel companies.
What happened to local fisherman?
They are banned from fishing in the National Maritime Park near Mombasa.
Farmland is taken of local people, why?
Create game parks.
Coastal hotels.
What is happening to crops?
Eaten and flattened by animals.
There is changes to what?
Local cultures and traditions.
Who have been driven of their land?
Masai.
There has been a creation of what?
Marine parks to protect coral reefs.
Education of what?
Tourists .
Not to take or trample on the coral.
What have been created so boats can drop their anchors?
Pontoons.
Where are they attempting to develop tourism?
In mountain, river and lake areas to reduce the impact of tourism in 2 key areas and spread the economic benefits.
Increase what?
Entry fees to parks like Masai Mara to reduce visitor numbers.
Increase the involvement of what?
Tribes people.
