14. Mountain tourism in dynamic settings: challenges and efforts to align tourism to emerging realities in Mount Kenya
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15 décembre 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.africae.1348
- isbn: 9789987753987
- eisbn: 9782957305827
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Joseph Kariuki Murithi, « 14. Mountain tourism in dynamic settings: challenges and efforts to align tourism to emerging realities in Mount Kenya », Africae, ID : 10.4000/books.africae.1348
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Mountains are important assets for the tourism industry. The resources they are endowed with provide the attractions for visitors to these highland areas. This makes mountain areas one of the best visited tourist destinations in the world. However, the fragility of mountain areas makes them vulnerable to various forces of change including environmental pressures, governance circumstances and social economic factors surrounding them. This then presents precautions on the need to take care of t...