Discussion and conclusion
Kenya's conservation and tourism programmes have received international acclaim.
13 Also an increasing number of tourists, especially from Europe and North America, are attracted to Kenya to participate in nature-based tourism. However, from the time of colonial rule the underlying socioeconomic trend of wildlife conservation and tourism development has been the taking away of wildlife resource user rights from the rural peasants.
With the establishment of state-protected nature parks, many and most often powerful social and economic forces influencing nature conservation and use of wildlife resources came to be controlled by the state, conservation organizations and tourism groups.