Towards Sustainable Coastal Tourism: Environmental impacts of tourism on the Kenyan Coast. A discussion paper, Second Revised Edition.

Abstract

The Netherlands Embassy in Nairobi organized a Workshop on Sustainable Coastal Tourism (22-23 April 1991) to create a platform for the Kenyan policy-makers, the tourist industry and environmental experts. More than 70 participants discussed the potential negative consequences of tourism on the coastal environment and natural resources, and exchanged ideas for possible solutions of existing or upcoming environmental problems and formulated the parameters of a strategy for sustainable development of coastal tourism. This document served as a discussion paper for the workshop. The recommendations in the chapter Discussion were discussed at length and it was decided by the participants to send these recommendations to the relevant authorities.