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Learning objectives
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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?
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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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?
What impact do you think tourism has on the animals and environment?
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An advantage of the game reserves is that animals are protected from being hunted.
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Examination question
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?
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Consequences of tourism
Traditionally the Maasai have lead a subsistence lifestyle as nomadic pastoralists.
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. Until the Kenyan government set up the National Reserve in the 1950s the Maasai Mara was part of the Massais original land.
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Do you believe that tourism is good or bad for the Maasai Mara? Justify your answer.
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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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Learning objectives
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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 is ecotourism?
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. 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?
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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 socioeconomic consequences these are both positive and negative. Eselenkei Conservation Area is an example of ecotourism which aims to be sustainable.
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