Tourists Dump Maasai Mara For Increasing Entry Fee From Ksh9,20 5 To Ksh26,300 Per Person

The touism sector is likely to count massive losses in the coming months after tourists,both local and international opt to seek refuge in the neighbouringTanzania.

As the peak seaon of one of the wonders of the world is bout to commence tourists are now choosing the Serengeti in Tanzania for the wildebeest migration season after the entrance fee for Maasai Mara in Kenya was increased from $70 (Sh9,205) to $200 (Sh26,300) per person unlike Tanzania which has mainatiained fair prices.

This is just not affecting the potential revenue to be collected by he toursim sector but also the hotel and accomodation sector 

The Gnu Migration is triggered by East Africa’s rains and the animals follow an age-old route in search of fresh grazing and water. This epic journey takes the wildebeest across the Masai Mara plains in Kenya, all the way south into Tanzania’s Serengeti and the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater, before circling up and around in a clockwise direction.

It is generally believed that the Great Migration in Africa is dictated primarily by the wildebeest’s response to the weather. They move after the rains and the growth of new grass, essentially following a natural instinct to find food to stay alive. Some experts believe that the wildebeest are triggered by distant lightning and thunderstorms, but there is no scientific proof of it.

For the longest time there have been comparisons between Maasai Mara and Serengeti ,which has the best view of the wildebeests migration.