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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b12579435.
- catalog contributor b12579436.
- catalog coverage "Africa Economic conditions 1960-".
- catalog coverage "Kenya Economic conditions 1963-".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-214).".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 214 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0754612740".
- catalog isPartOf "African Studies Centre research series ; 14.".
- catalog isPartOf "African Studies Centre research series ; 14/1999".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Aldershot, Hampshire, England : Ashgate,".
- catalog spatial "Africa Economic conditions 1960-".
- catalog spatial "Africa.".
- catalog spatial "Kenya Economic conditions 1963-".
- catalog spatial "Kenya.".
- catalog subject "338.4/79167620442 21".
- catalog subject "G155.K4 S56 1999".
- catalog subject "Tourism Africa.".
- catalog subject "Tourism Kenya.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Tourism and African development : change and challenge of tourism in Kenya / Isaac Sindiga.".
- catalog type "text".