Research Catalog

Title

Tourism and African development : change and challenge of tourism in Kenya / Isaac Sindiga.

Author

Sindiga, Isaac, 1952-1999

Publication

Aldershot, Hampshire, England : Ashgate, c1999.

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Additional Authors

Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. Afrika-Studiecentrum

Description

xvi, 214 p. : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book is a contribution to the debate on tourism and Third World development. The general goal of the study is to assess whether tourism is a viable development strategy for Africa, using the example of Kenya. More specifically, the book assesses the contribution of tourism in development; documents the development of tourism in Kenya; examines the outcomes of international tourism on the environment and society in Kenya; examines the response of Kenyan communities to international tourism; and makes recommendations for alternative tourism strategies with applicability to other African countries."--Jacket.

Series Statement

African Studies Centre research series ; 14/1999

Uniform Title

African Studies Centre research series 14.

Subject

• Since 1960
• Tourism > Kenya
• Tourism > Africa
• Africa > Economic conditions > 1960-
• Kenya > Economic conditions > 1963-

Genre/Form

• map.
• carte géographique.
• mapa.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-214).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

International tourism and Africa -- Patterns of global tourism -- Patterns of tourism in Africa -- Western culture and tourism -- Tourism's externalities -- The concept of tourism -- Tourism and recreation -- Types of tourism and tourists -- Conceptual and methodological considerations -- Choice of Kenya as a country case -- Tourism and development in Africa -- Africa's development crisis -- Implications of shifting development paradigms to tourism -- Tourism and African development -- Tourism and regional development -- Effects of tourism development without planning -- Kenya's biophysical and social environment -- Location -- Biophysical environment -- Government and history -- Population -- Economic situation -- Social situation -- Infrastructure development -- Tourism in Kenya -- Basic characteristics -- Development of tourism -- Management of tourism-led conservation -- Tourism and the economy -- The structure of Kenya's tourism industry -- Investment in the tourism industry -- Tourism promotion and marketing -- Structure and ownership of tourism enterprises -- Change and challenge of unplanned tourism development -- Critical issues in Kenya's tourism -- Breakdown of the infrastructure -- Environmental change -- Wildlife-human conflicts -- Socio-cultural changes -- Uneven distribution of tourism benefits -- Competitiveness -- Domestic tourism -- Regional development -- Political violence -- Alternative tourism and sustainable development -- Definitions -- Interest in ecotourism -- Ecotourism in Kenya.

ISBN

0754612740

LCCN

^^^00362969^

OCLC

• 43518174
• SCSB-11964452

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library