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Title:Tourism Development in Kenya: Constraints and Opportunities
Author:Ondicho, Tom G.ISNI
Year:2003
Periodical:African Anthropologist (ISSN 1024-0969)
Volume:10
Issue:1
Period:March
Pages:4-22
Language:English
Geographic term:Kenya
Subjects:tourism
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
External link:https://www.ajol.info/index.php/aa/article/view/46097
Abstract:Many developing countries, particularly in the African region, are promoting tourism as a key strategy for economic development. This paper examines the present conditions and perspectives of tourism development in Kenya, paying attention to tourism resources, the history of tourism policy, and the tourism master plan adopted in 1994. It argues that the conditions that have affected the success of tourism in Kenya in the past three decades may no longer be applicable in today's competitive global tourism industry. In the 1990s, Kenya's tourism industry has been experiencing problems of poor performance and a decrease in the number of tourist arrivals. Despite the implementation of the tourism master plan, there still remains a great disparity in accommodation distribution among the designated tourism regions, with overconcentration in Nairobi and Mombasa. Moreover, continuing civil unrest inhibits tourism, especially in the Rift Valley region. The paper recommends the creation of specific tourism characteristics as well as appropriate promotional activities in the tourism market. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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