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Sustainable Travel AFRICA


Community involvement in Kenya


Southern Africa has boomed in recent


years while East Africa has suffered from safety concerns; however, 2017 might be the year for Kenya to reassert its prominence as a tourist destination. Operators have seen a marked rise in bookings from the U.S. for the host of ASTA’s Destination Expo 2017. Te last three northern white rhino in the


world live in Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy, along with some 115 black rhino and chimpanzees rehabilitated from the black market. Te conservancy also works with local communities, providing healthcare and helping farmers with rainwater capture schemes for irrigation, among other initiatives. It’s a recognition that wildlife protection must provide value for local people beyond employment as cooks and cleaners — or it has no future. olpejetaconservancy.org


LATIN AMERICA


Preserving the past in Chile


While we tend to think of sustainable


tourism as a small-scale initiative, Chile’s southern Lake District has seen a project that involved a $10.5m investment. Tis area, between the Los Lagos region and Patagonia, is seeing increased interest from U.S. visitors drawn by its wild beauty, with attractions such as the whitewater Futaleufú River and fly-fishing in Yelcho Lake. Eight wooden churches, built using


shipbuilding techniques dating to the 18th century, were restored as part of a community-based tourism development in Chiloé and Palena. As well as introducing a new generation of craftspeople to the skills involved in preserving the churches, the scheme also trained local people in tourism skills such as guiding and management. Each church is the center of a community


that doesn’t wish to see its spiritual essence trivialized as it’s made more open to tourism. Such cultural challenges are at the heart of sustainable tourism. ▶


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From top: northern white rhino; damaged banana plantation; interior of the Church of Santa María de Loreto de Achao, Chiloé Island


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