Tourism Effect On Kenya

Question 1

Environmental problems

Answer 1

Destruction of the natural environment and habitats by building airports, roads and hotels

Pressure on la escaped from many minibuses

Destruction of coral reefs

Question 2

Economic problems

Answer 2

Visitor numbers have decreased

Tourism jobs are badly paid

People are out of work when there aren’t tourists

Much of the profit does not stay in Kenya

Improvements depend on foreign investment

Question 3

Social problems

Answer 3

Farmland taken off of locals to create game parks and coastal hotels

Crops being eaten or flattened by animals

Only few local propel earn money from tourists

Changes to local culture and traditions

Masai have been driven off of their land

Question 4

Benefits of tourism

Answer 4

180,000 Kenyans employed in hotels and guide

300,000 indirectly employed.

380,000 more provide food or souvenirs

Tourist money helps the government improve roads hospitals water supply drainage electricity and roads

Farmers have a market for their produce

Helped fund local facilities eg schools