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Standing Out from the Herd: An Economic Assessment of Tourism in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-25T20:38:34Z
dc.date.available2017-10-25T20:38:34Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-01
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, the prospects of Kenya’s tourism industry have been clouded by a perfect storm of misfortunes – insecurity, growing global competition, and unsustainable tourism development. It is in this context that the potential and actual contribution of the tourism sector to the country’s development has been questioned, with claims that tourism contributes less to the Kenyan economy than commonly thought. This report is arranged as follows: Chapter 1 identifies linkages with sectors that provide inputs into tourism as well as sectors that benefit from the boost in demand generated by the industry (termed the backward and forward linkages respectively). The results in Chapter 2 indicate that the effects on the economy depend on the cross‐sectoral linkages. Hence, impacts on the economy differ depending on whether they emanate from changes in foreign tourist arrivals, changes in domestic tourist demand, oil price shocks, or foreign exchange shocks. Chapter 3 attempts to explore how long‐term growth and poverty rates are affected with investments in the different segments of the tourism industry. Finally, recognizing that growth in the sector is dependent upon sustainable resource use, Chapter 4 contributes to the analysis of alternative policy strategies by investigating policies for the allocation of water. This is a highly relevant, though much neglected issue as Kenya is amongst the most water scarce countries in Africa and also has a highly water intensive economy (when measured in per capita availability, Kenya is more water scarce than land, and projections suggest the former will get worse faster). The Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model is also used to examine the growth consequences of reallocating water from the highly water‐dependent tourism industry to other sectors of the economyen
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/573241507036299777/Standing-out-from-the-herd-an-economic-assessment-of-tourism-in-Kenya
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/28577
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/28577
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Nairobi
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTOURISM
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectSAFARI
dc.subjectBEACH
dc.subjectWATER ALLOCATION
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.titleStanding Out from the Herden
dc.title.subtitleAn Economic Assessment of Tourism in Kenyaen
dc.typeReporten
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okr.crossref.titleStanding Out from the HerdAn Economic Assessment of Tourism in Kenya
okr.date.disclosure2017-10-03
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-07T08:16:46.513739Z
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-08T16:07:35.015184Z
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-09T02:50:25.847098Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Rural Study
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/573241507036299777/Standing-out-from-the-herd-an-economic-assessment-of-tourism-in-Kenya
okr.guid573241507036299777
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/28577
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b084f4b228_3_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum27951757
okr.identifier.reportAUS16758
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/573241507036299777/pdf/AUS16758-WP-REVISED-P156577-OUO-9-Tourism-report-FINAL.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.themeEconomic management :: Analysis of economic growth
okr.topicCulture and Development::Cultural Policy
okr.topicEnvironment::Tourism and Ecotourism
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Use
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