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'Tourism is a curse to us', Masai and tourism in Tanzania

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Posted by Richard Hammond at 09:33 on Monday 07 September 2009

An article in this weekend's Observer highlights tensions between the Masai and tour operators in Tanzania.

"The Masai have been herding cattle across the great plains of Tanzania for generations, their nomadic lifestyle helping to preserve the wildlife of East Africa. Now, they are being forcibly evicted so that tour operators can turn their homelands into vast "nature refuges" for wealthy holiday makers..."

Read the full article on guardian.co.uk

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