Found a fantastic Geography blog with a good casestudy about Kenya on it - click on here to read the full story...
Where is Kenya?
Kenya is located in East Africa, its capital city is Nairobi and it has a population of approximately 30 million people.
Why visit Kenya?
- it has an attractive climate (tropical) with sunshine all year round, hot and humid at the coast; temperate inland and dry in the NE (rainy season - April-June and Oct-Dec, heavy rainfall in the afternoon and early evening)
- Safari holidays are popular - e.g. in the Maasai Mara / Nakuru National Park - Kenya has spectacular wildlife - including the big 5 - Lion, Elephant, Rhinoceros, Leopard and Buffalo
- Cultural experience - many tourists visit local tribes such as the Maasai to find out more about their lifestyle and traditions
- Coastal Holidays - SE of Kenya has fine sands and coral reefs with spectacular marine life - e.g. Mombassa
Why have numbers of tourists visiting Kenya increased?
- Kenya was one of the first LEDC countries to acheive mass tourism and in the 1970s and 1980s there was a rapid increase in the numbers of tourists, particularly following the release of the films Born Free and Out of Africa.
- Tourist numbers have also increased as larger aircraft in the 1980s brought prices of air travel down.
I havent copied all the text - make sure you visit the site for the full story..
Miss M.
