Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Boxes -- List of Appendices -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Foreword -- 1. International tourism and Africa -- Patterns of global tourism -- Patterns of tourism in Africa -- Western culture and tourism -- Tourism's externalities -- The concept of tourism -- Tourism and recreation -- Types of tourism and tourists -- Conceptual and methodological considerations -- Choice of Kenya as a country case -- Organization -- 2. Tourism and development in Africa -- Africa's development crisis -- Implications of shifting development paradigms to tourism -- Tourism and African development -- Tourism and regional development -- Effects of tourism development without planning -- Summary and conclusion -- 3. Kenya's biophysical and social environment -- Location -- Biophysical environment -- Government and history -- Population -- Economic situation -- Social situation -- Infrastructure development -- Summary and conclusion -- 4. Tourism in Kenya -- Basic characteristics -- Development of tourism -- Management of tourism-led conservation -- Tourism and the economy -- Summary and conclusion -- 5. The structure of Kenya's tourism industry -- Investment in the tourism industry -- Tourism promotion and marketing -- Structure and ownership of tourism enterprises -- Summary and conclusion -- 6. Change and challenge of unplanned tourism development -- Critical issues in Kenya's tourism -- Breakdown of the infrastructure -- Environmental change -- Wildlife-human conflicts -- Socio-cultural changes -- Uneven distribution of tourism benefits -- Competitiveness -- Domestic tourism -- Regional development -- Political violence -- Summary and conclusion -- 7. Alternative tourism and sustainable development -- Definitions -- Interest in ecotourism.

Ecotourism in Kenya -- Local communities and ecotourism in Kenya -- Incentives for conservation -- Community initiatives in wildlife-based tourism -- Framework for community-based tourism development -- Summary and conclusion -- 8. Regional cooperation in tourism -- Basis for regional cooperation in tourism -- Regional cooperation in Africa -- Examples of regional cooperation -- Regional cooperation in tourism in East Africa -- Prospects for regional cooperation -- Intra-Africa tourism -- Summary and conclusion -- 9. Tourism and African development: Conclusion -- Appendices -- References.