Eco-Tourism
Ecotourism in Kenya promotes sustainable tourism practices within the tourism industry. This entails encouraging the adoption of best practices in the use of tourism resources, working with local communities and managing wastes and emissions.
As a general rule, it is usually the smaller and more expensive lodges and camps that do more for the local communities in the way of employment, training, and the setting up of income generating projects. Such properties also find it easier and cheaper to replace their woodburning stoves with solar and wind power, and to employ more responsible sewage and waste disposal methods. As areas such as the Maasai Mara come under increasing environmental pressure, many camps are banning the use of firewood outright, while others have installed their own constructed wetlands for recycling their wastewater naturally.