Social Evaluation of Kenya (Safari) Tourism
THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF KENYA ( SAFARI)
As the tourism population increases, particular sections of the Kenyan population will become increasingly hostile to the presence of foreign tourists. A study of the Caribbean Islands showed that is a positive correlation between tourist density and “unfriendliness” towards tourists (Jackson, p.90). In theory, eventually there will be a saturation point where the amount of tourists will have a negative impact on the desirability of Kenya as a destination for foreign tourist. Thus, decreasing arrivals and also tourism revenue. It is possible that the terrorism attacks against the U.S. Embassy could mirror the anti-foreign tourist sentiments of some Kenyans. If this is true Kenya has reached the saturation point of the social carrying capacity of tourism. The largest threat to the social carrying capacity is the treatment of the local people by the government. They have been removed from their land, told they couldn’t hunt, and instructed to allow wild game living in the parks to range freely over private lands. And until recently they have received little or no compensation. These disgruntled natives may be motivated to poach animals as means of, what they feel, is just compensation for their losses (Whelan, p. 32). The unemployment rate is also a problem in Kenya because of the political instability since end of 2007, and got worse over the course of 2009. Due to the sharp slowdown in economic activity, mainly the manufacturing industry and telecommunications sector had the most job losses. At the same time the rising unemployment rate will even increase the risk of short-term political instability because the public protest occur much frequently over the months in 2009.
The elections in Kenya in 2007 was strongly marked by tribalism with one of the two main factions which believes the benefits and the resources are unevenly distributed showed their frustration, with Kibaki a member of the traditionally dominant
As the tourism population increases, particular sections of the Kenyan population will become increasingly hostile to the presence of foreign tourists. A study of the Caribbean Islands showed that is a positive correlation between tourist density and “unfriendliness” towards tourists (Jackson, p.90). In theory, eventually there will be a saturation point where the amount of tourists will have a negative impact on the desirability of Kenya as a destination for foreign tourist. Thus, decreasing arrivals and also tourism revenue. It is possible that the terrorism attacks against the U.S. Embassy could mirror the anti-foreign tourist sentiments of some Kenyans. If this is true Kenya has reached the saturation point of the social carrying capacity of tourism. The largest threat to the social carrying capacity is the treatment of the local people by the government. They have been removed from their land, told they couldn’t hunt, and instructed to allow wild game living in the parks to range freely over private lands. And until recently they have received little or no compensation. These disgruntled natives may be motivated to poach animals as means of, what they feel, is just compensation for their losses (Whelan, p. 32). The unemployment rate is also a problem in Kenya because of the political instability since end of 2007, and got worse over the course of 2009. Due to the sharp slowdown in economic activity, mainly the manufacturing industry and telecommunications sector had the most job losses. At the same time the rising unemployment rate will even increase the risk of short-term political instability because the public protest occur much frequently over the months in 2009.
The elections in Kenya in 2007 was strongly marked by tribalism with one of the two main factions which believes the benefits and the resources are unevenly distributed showed their frustration, with Kibaki a member of the traditionally dominant