Tourism and Socio-economic Development in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Mombasa Resort in Kenya

The link between poverty, environment and ecotourism development in areas adjacent to Maasai Mara and Amboseli protected areas, Kenya

“…These results give credence to Birt's (2011) assertion that without community control, more often than not, ecotourism will contribute to unfair distribution of tourism benefits. Similar claims are made by Akama and Kieti (2007). This partly explains Okech and Urmilla's (2009) argument that many communities in Maasailand simply have no economic incentives to conserve biodiversity.…”

Informal microfinance institutions and development-led tourism entrepreneurship

“…Development-led tourism entrepreneurship is a process where small private firms and local communities (Brown, 1998a(Brown, , 1998b are encouraged and supported to use tourism to promote local development and vice versa (Akama & Kieti, 2007;Brown, 1998a;Ramukumba, Mmbengwa, Mwamayi, & Groenewald, 2012). Notable examples are duration-specific IMF/World Bank-funded state-run initiatives on nature tourism in the 1980s (Brown, 1998b); and recent state-regulated funding, business training, and marketing support to small tourism firms (STFs) (Kwaramba et al, 2012;Ramukumba et al, 2012).…”

Is small beautiful? Understanding the contribution of small businesses in township tourism to economic development

“…The danger of unequal wealth distribution between local elites and smaller local actors has been a part of the sustainable tourism discourse for some time now (Mowforth & Munt 2003, Akama & Kieti 2007. Unequal wealth distribution within local communities through tourism development has received less attention (Mottiar & Tucker 2007, with notable exceptions, e.g.…”