Luxury Tourism Often Leaves Maasai Behind A recent University of Manchester study reveals that luxury tourism in Africa—promoted as “high-value, low-impact”—frequently fails to uplift local communities. All-inclusive resorts and foreign-owned eco-lodges
A recent University of Manchester study reveals that luxury tourism in Africa—promoted as “high-value, low-impact”—frequently fails to uplift local communities. All-inclusive resorts and foreign-owned eco-lodges often hire few locals, isolate tourists, and siphon profits abroad. In Kenya’s Maasai Mara, such developments have sparked legal disputes, including one against a new Ritz‑Carlton safari lodge.
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51 days agoLuxury Tourism Often Leaves Maasai Behind
A recent University of Manchester study reveals that luxury tourism in Africa—promoted as “high-value, low-impact”—frequently fails to uplift local communities. All-inclusive resorts and foreign-owned eco-lodges often hire few locals, isolate tourists, and siphon profits abroad. In Kenya’s Maasai Mara, such developments have sparked legal disputes, including one against a new Ritz‑Carlton safari lodge.