Corporate tourism threatens protected areas

Christopher J O'Bryan; James R Allan; Meitamei Ole Dapash

doi:10.1126/science.aeb0953

Corporate tourism threatens protected areas

Christopher J O'Bryan^*
, James R Allan
, Meitamei Ole Dapash

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Abstract

Rapidly expanding tourism infrastructure within protected areas—particularly new camps, lodges, and hotels—undermines biodiversity conservation and Indigenous peoples’ rights. The Ritz-Carlton, Masai Mara Safari Camp in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve, a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) tentative site and home to the Great Wildebeest Migration Route, exemplifies this threat.

Original language	English
Article number	389
Pages (from-to)	1300-1301
Number of pages	2
Journal	Science
Volume	389
Issue number	6767
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aeb0953
Publication status	Published - 25 Sept 2025

Keywords

biodiversity conservation
Maasai Mara
ecotourism

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