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DO CULTURAL MANYATTAS BENEFIT FROM TOURISM?

Discover how Maasai manyattas benefit from tourism, offering traditional activities like lectures, dances, and homestead tours. Learn about the Maasai Mara Cultural Villages Association's efforts to promote fair distribution of resources and support local communities through a ticketing system.

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DO CULTURAL MANYATTAS BENEFIT FROM TOURISM?

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  1. DO CULTURAL MANYATTAS BENEFIT FROM TOURISM?

  2. THE MAASAI WAY OF LIFE HAS BEEN PART TOURIST ATTRACTION IN MARA

  3. SET-UP FOR MANYATTAS FOR BUSINESS • People • Livestock • Curio yards • Manyattas run elders

  4. BRIEF BACKGROUND • There are 27 villages in total in the 3 main clusters namely; Talek, Oloolaimutia and Sekenani

  5. ACTIVITIES WHEN CLIENT VISITS A MAASAI MANYATTA • Lecture on the masai culture • Traditional songs and dances • Tour of the homestead • Traditional fire making • Buy traditional artifacts • And other activities on request

  6. SOURCE OF MARKETS • Tour companies/ driver guides • Camps and lodges • Self drives

  7. PRICING • Tourist pay $20 each to visit the masaimanyatta • Driver guides take all the money and only give kshs 500/= to the village

  8. STATISTICS DURING HIGH SEASON JUNE - AUGUST • During high season a Masai village gets an evarage10 vehicles every day. • Cultural village share per year> kshs 500 x 10 vehicles x 30 days x 3 months = shs 450 000/= • Amount collected by driver guides> $20 x 5 clients x 10 vehicles x 30 days x 3 months x kshs 80 = kshs7 200 000/= • Amount 7200 000 – 450 000 = 6 750 000/=

  9. MASAI MARA CULTURAL VILLAGES ASSOCIATION • Formed to address the imbalance • Developed a ticketing system • Bring the cultural villages together • Ensure fair distribution of resource • Lobby tour operators and hotels to support local community

  10. ACHIEVEMENTS • Won the support polmans safaris (main) • Other supporters include maraintrepids, origins safaris and rhino safaris • KATO has been supportive

  11. CHALLENGES • Lack of adequate support from tour operators and hotels

  12. DESIRED CONDITION • Tour operators and hotels to adopt socially responsible initiatives that improve livelihoods of local communities. • Tour operators and hotels to support the ticketing system in maasaimara other destinations like samburu, amboseli etc

  13. Tickets are available at KATO offices in Nairobi Contact details; James Lesaloi 0721 817757 email; jplsemadep@yahoo.com Jacob sairowua 0723 476083 email; ysairowua@yahoo.com

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