What Countries are in East Africa Ethiopia Somalia Kenya Tanzania Mozambique Zimbabwe Zambia Sudan Burundi Eritrea Rwanda Seychelles Uganda Djibouti Physical Geography Mostly plateaus ID: 794062
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East Africa
Travel and Tourism
Slide2Slide3What Countries are in East Africa?
Ethiopia
Somalia
Kenya
TanzaniaMozambiqueZimbabweZambiaSudanBurundiEritreaRwandaSeychellesUgandaDjibouti
Slide4Physical Geography
Mostly plateaus
Most of the highest elevation in the continent
Contains two large rift valleys
Eastern ValleyGreat Rift ValleyVolcanoesKilimanjaro
Slide5History
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
Slide6Climate
Tropical
High precipitation in Uganda, Tanzania, and western Kenya
Very dry in Somalia, eastern Ethiopia, northern Kenya
Drought
Slide7Famine in East Africa
Worst drought in 60 years
Due to one of the strongest
El Niño
’s ever recordedUnited Nations declared a famine36 million people affected (2016)Travel to refugee camps 3,000 new refugees a dayLack of water and food
Slide8Famine 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 malnutritionMore than 10 million need food aidZimbabwe’s president declared a state of disaster due to the drought
Slide9Conflicts 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)
Slide10Terrorism
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
Slide11Burundi 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
Slide12Somalia
Unstable government
Battle between colonial imposed government and traditional clan structures
Overthrow of President
Siad Barre caused anarchy in 1991In the absence of a central government, warlords and armed tribes fight for political and economical dominanceMajor famine and refugee flows into other countries^ groups are not allowing intervention or help from other countries and respond in violence
Slide13Rwanda- 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 TutsisThe relationship took form of a class system where all of the power was with the Tutsi minorityThrough German colonial powers, they also controlled the Hutus through the TutsisIn 1994, the Hutu retaliated and killed over 800,000 Tutsis
Slide14Travel
and
Tourism
in East Africa
Slide15Tourism 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 GDPEmploys thousandsMaking a conscious effort to balance between mass tourism and preserving the natural environmentTanzania is expecting to increase tourism income by $500 million by attracting international hotel chains
Slide16Slide17As tourists
…
High season is from June to August
Cool, dry temperatures
Wildlife is easier to spot$= 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, FrenchTourists are often targeted to be pick-pocketed or mugged
Officially, male homosexuality is illegal in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya
Slide18Sustainable 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 productregional initiative towards incorporating communities in tourism as a conservation modelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQqBZx9LLJY
*40-70% of the revenue from pre-bought packages goes to external sources*
Slide19Safaris
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
Slide20Mount Kilimanjaro National Park
Nothern
Tanazania
Africa’s highest mountain5896m 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
Slide21Beaches
Countries located on the Coastline
Islands
White sand beaches
Scuba diving
Slide22Addis Ababa
Slide23Mauritius
Slide24Seychelles
Slide25Serengeti National Park
Slide26Victoria Falls
Slide27Arusha