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EAST AFRICA
Travel and Tourism
What Countries are in East Africa?
 Ethiopia
 Somalia
 Kenya
 Tanzania
 Mozambique
 Zimbabwe
 Zambia
 Sudan
 Burundi
 Eritrea
 Rwanda
 Seychelles
 Uganda
 Djibouti
Physical
Geography
■ Mostly plateaus
■ Most of the highest elevation in the
continent
■ Contains two large rift valleys
– Eastern Valley
– Great Rift Valley
■ Volcanoes
– Kilimanjaro
History
• Colonized by the U.K.,
Portugal, Germany,
France
• In a place called Olduvai
Gorge in Tanzania, you will
find the archaeological
sights that have recorded
the oldest known human
remains
Climate
• Tropical
• High precipitation in
Uganda, Tanzania,
and western Kenya
• Very dry in Somalia,
eastern Ethiopia,
northern Kenya
• Drought
Famine in East
Africa
• Worst drought in 60 years
• Due to one of the strongest El
Niño’s ever recorded
• United Nations declared a
famine
• 36 million people affected
(2016)
• Travel to refugee camps
• 3,000 new refugees a day
• Lack of water and food
Famine continued…
• Ethiopia has been
severely affected
• 4/5 of their crops
have failed due to lack
of rain
• Aid workers are trying
to treat more than 2
million children for
malnutrition
• More than 10 million
need food aid
• Zimbabwe’s president
declared a state of
disaster due to the
drought
Conflicts in
East Africa
• Ethiopian Civil War (1974 1991)
• Ugandan Bush War (1981 1986)
• Rwandan Civil War (1990 1993)
• Somali Civil War (1991 - 2009)
• First Congo War (1996 - 1997)
• Second Congo War (1998 2003)
TERRORISM
• Kenya has been under major attack due
to their invasion of Somalia in 2011 to
attempt to rid them of Islamist militants
• Uganda and Burundi have also become a
part of the A.U. (African Union)
contributing their forces to the Somalia
Mission
• Numerous bombings in Kenya including
a popular shopping mall
• Bombing in Uganda in 2010 killing 74
people
Burundi Crisis
• 12 year, ethnic based,
civil war
• Subject to political
instability and violence
• One of the five poorest
countries tin the world
• Crisis between critics and
supporters of President
Pierre Nkurunziza (Hutu)
• The first leader to be
chosen in a democratic
election since the
beginning of the civil war
Somalia
• Unstable government
• Battle between colonial imposed
government and traditional clan
structures
• Overthrow of President Siad Barre
caused anarchy in 1991
• In the absence of a central government,
warlords and armed tribes fight for
political and economical dominance
• Major famine and refugee flows into
other countries
• ^ groups are not allowing intervention or
help from other countries and respond
in violence
RWANDA- GENOCIDE
• War between the Hutu and Tutsi people
• Hutu migrated to Rwanda centuries before the Tutsi
• The Tutsi used their ownership of cattle and combat
skills to take power over the Hutu
• Land ownership of the Hutu was then taken away by the
Tutsis
• The relationship took form of a class system where all of
the power was with the Tutsi minority
• Through German colonial powers, they also controlled
the Hutus through the Tutsis
• In 1994, the Hutu retaliated and killed over 800,000
Tutsis
TRAVEL AND
TOURISM IN
EAST AFRICA
Tourism and East Africa
■ After Kenya gained their independence,
tourism became the fastest growing sector of
the nations economy
– Represents 5% of tourist trade in Africa
– Represents 28% of tourist trade in East
Africa
– 19% of nation’s GDP
– Employs thousands
– Making a conscious effort to balance
between mass tourism and preserving the
natural environment
■ Tanzania is expecting to increase tourism
income by $500 million by attracting
international hotel chains
AS TOURISTS…
• High season is from June to August
• Cool, dry temperatures
• Wildlife is easier to spot
• $= Kenyan shilling (KSh), Tanzanian shilling
(Tsh), Ugandan Shilling (USh), Rwandan
franc (RFr), Burundi franc (BFr)
• Average cost of a local-style meal is
equivalent to $5 (U.S.)
• Languages: Swahili, English, Luganda,
Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, French
• Tourists are often targeted to be pickpocketed or mugged
• Officially, male homosexuality is illegal in
Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
• Responsible and sustainable practices
are being put in place by the tourism
industry to preserve the attractions for
future use
• In the process of harmonizing policies on
wildlife conservation and management
• Policies to protect wildlife from poaching
• Policies to prevent the illegal trade of
wildlife product
• regional initiative towards incorporating
communities in tourism as a conservation
model
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQq
SAFARIS
• Kenya is the most
popular destination for
Safaris
• Cheetahs, lions, zebras,
wildebeests, gorillas,
flamingos, elephants
• Costs approx. $60 (U.S.)
per person
• One of two places in the
world to see the
endangered mountain
gorilla
Mount
Kilimanjaro
National Park
• Nothern Tanazania
• Africa’s highest mountain
• 5896m
• One of the highest volcanoes and the
highest freestanding mountain in the world
• Attracts 25,000 trekkers each year
• No need for professional equipement
• Expensive: $1000 (U.S.) is considered a
good deal
• 8 day tour costs approx. $2300
Beaches
• Countries located on the
Coastline
• Islands
• White sand beaches
• Scuba diving
Addis Ababa
Mauritius
Seychelles
Serengeti National Park
Victoria Falls
Arusha