A 5-year tourism strategy framework for the western region of Kenya with specific focus on Mt. Elgon national park: Final report

Mt. Elgon National Park covers an area of 169 sq. km and receives 3,000 visitors yearly. Main challenges of the park include security for wildlife and visitors, increasing human-wildlife conflict along the border with the former farms around the park that are now sub-divided and settled by formerly landless people and with non-residential cultivation in the forest reserves, as well as shortages of human and financial resources.

 

This report provides a five year tourism strategy for the western region of Kenya, focusing on the Mt. Elgon National Park.  The survey was conducted in January-February 2000.