Tourism Kenya
...people from Northern Africa moved into present day Kenya around 2000 BC. The Bantu arrived and settled at the Coast at around 200 AD. Later between the 10th-14th centuries Nilotic people arrived and occupied the Rift Valley plains. Arab traders started frequenting the Kenyan Coast in the first century A.D. By 700 A.D. Arab settlements had sprouted along the coastline giving way to intermarriages between the Bantu and Arabs. This formed the beginning of the Swahili culture and language we have in Kenya today. Then in 1498 Portuguese arrived and settled in Kenya's coast ending the Arab dominance. It was during their stay at the coast that they built the famous Fort Jesus in Mombasa in 1593. The Portuguese lived in control of much of the coast until the late 1600s when the Imam of Oman defeated them, bringing the Coast under Islamic control. (http://www.kenya-information-guide.com/about-kenya.html)
Kenya's history again dates back to many centuries from the internal diaspora or the early settlements and migrations. Then came the formation of the various language groups who developed their own religions, traditions, governments and ruling systems in which they dictated their way of life and how they managed to keep alive by their trade and occupations. Then came the white settlers, which was followed by the fight for liberation, which gave birth to the Mau Mau freedom fighters and the rise of the Kenyan heroes. (http://www.kenyaweb.com/history/introduction/index.html)
Characteristics and structure of the Kenyan tourism industry
Kenya is one of the most popular tourism destinations in Africa and tourism is a key foreign
exchange earner for the country. Kenya’s tourism was founded on the country’s rich wildlife
resources, although beach tourism along the Indian Ocean coast is now equally important. Indeed, the coastal...
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