Is tourism in countries like Kenya a good or a bad thing? Haroon Dean
Being an LEDC Kenya is reliant on money making methods such as tourism. Tourism is effective because it brings needed foreign exchange and the chance for spectators to watch creatures only ever previously seen on the TV. However with all this money making taking place its inevitable for big MEDC's to take advantage and do things like building big hotels where native people used to dwell and so on. Also there is the case on the tourists travelling across the globe contributing to global warming. So do the positives outweigh the negatives? Is there one sole answer for the title in which stated at the top of the page?
The occupation that provides the most money in Kenya is farming. The second highest is tourism. As was pointed out before tourism brings a lot of money into Kenya, which is good since they desperately need it. This provides interdependence; Kenya needs the money from MEDC's and MEDC's want Kenya's array of exotic animals & hot weather. Without this interdependence Kenya would be in deep poverty because it wouldn't have the money coming in from tourism and farming alone would barely sustain life as we give most people in LEDC's unfair payments for their produce. This would lead to MEDC's loosing money as Kenya wouldn't be able to afford the things we would have sold them with tourism around e.g. machinery and fuel. Also since we have built hotels there to profit from Kenya's successful tourism industry, we would be out of pocket if tourists stopped visiting there and when the hotels close down the locals would have no facilities for cleaning etc and would live in low sanitation.
Most people in Kenya are employed because of tourism and not just from direct tourism jobs e.g. safari bus driver, but they can also be indirectly employed e.g. mechanic (to fix and maintain the bus). This means that loads of jobs can be created because of tourism and the pay isn't that bad once you think about it. Although a safari bus driver doesn't earn much from his/her employers, they earn almost three times their salary in tips. Tipping in practically insisted upon the tourists so whatever they buy or pay for they might be paying twice its value in tips. But this extra money means that Kenya can afford to purchase goods from other countries. This circulation of money is brilliant as it means that it doesn't all stay with us MEDC's.
Being an LEDC Kenya is reliant on money making methods such as tourism. Tourism is effective because it brings needed foreign exchange and the chance for spectators to watch creatures only ever previously seen on the TV. However with all this money making taking place its inevitable for big MEDC's to take advantage and do things like building big hotels where native people used to dwell and so on. Also there is the case on the tourists travelling across the globe contributing to global warming. So do the positives outweigh the negatives? Is there one sole answer for the title in which stated at the top of the page?
The occupation that provides the most money in Kenya is farming. The second highest is tourism. As was pointed out before tourism brings a lot of money into Kenya, which is good since they desperately need it. This provides interdependence; Kenya needs the money from MEDC's and MEDC's want Kenya's array of exotic animals & hot weather. Without this interdependence Kenya would be in deep poverty because it wouldn't have the money coming in from tourism and farming alone would barely sustain life as we give most people in LEDC's unfair payments for their produce. This would lead to MEDC's loosing money as Kenya wouldn't be able to afford the things we would have sold them with tourism around e.g. machinery and fuel. Also since we have built hotels there to profit from Kenya's successful tourism industry, we would be out of pocket if tourists stopped visiting there and when the hotels close down the locals would have no facilities for cleaning etc and would live in low sanitation.
Most people in Kenya are employed because of tourism and not just from direct tourism jobs e.g. safari bus driver, but they can also be indirectly employed e.g. mechanic (to fix and maintain the bus). This means that loads of jobs can be created because of tourism and the pay isn't that bad once you think about it. Although a safari bus driver doesn't earn much from his/her employers, they earn almost three times their salary in tips. Tipping in practically insisted upon the tourists so whatever they buy or pay for they might be paying twice its value in tips. But this extra money means that Kenya can afford to purchase goods from other countries. This circulation of money is brilliant as it means that it doesn't all stay with us MEDC's.
