Economic and Environment advantages for Kenya

Question 1

part 2 of the economic advantages for Kenya

Answer 1

Creates employment for locals
-500,000 people are employed in tourism jobs
(hotel work and boat trip drivers)
therefore it raises the the domestic economy(through the multiplier effect)
each worker supports 7-12 people

Question 2

part 1 of environmental advantages

Answer 2

Income provided by tourism

• £15 to enter a National Park
• > pays for the management or conservation. Eg, park rangers who protect the wildlife from poachers.

Question 3

part 2 of the environmental advantages

Answer 3

The Hamburg Nature Trail has been created in Mombasa from a former limestone quarry.

Question 4

part 1 of the economic advantages

Answer 4

Create foreign exchange from overseas visitors

- around $1 billion a year from tourism