Doreen Nyamweya

Doreen Nyamweya

Doreen Nyam­weya

Doreen Nyam­weya, Tour­ism Officer in Nyamira County, Kenya, is a sus­tain­able tour­ism spe­cial­ist and a stu­dent and advoc­ate of respons­ible tour­ism management.

Ms Nyam­wey­a’s areas of expert­ise include tour­ism research, des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment, sus­tain­ab­il­ity assess­ment, product devel­op­ment, and respons­ible tour­ism marketing.

You can con­nect with Doreen on Linked­In.

Thimlich Ohinga: UNESCO World Heritage site management is failing a local community

August 14, 2025
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The walls remain: Thimlich Ohinga Exclusionary heritage management is failing a community in Kenya

Even as Thim­lich Ohinga’s dry stone walls crumble, the loc­al com­munity con­tin­ues to be excluded from the man­age­ment of the Kenyan UNESCO World Her­it­age site. 

This accord­ing to tour­ism officer Doreen Nyam­wey­a’s who shares her second “Good Tour­ism” Insight:

Last month, July 2025, I spent time in Migori County, Kenya, on a field vis­it for my MSc thes­is on respons­ible tour­ism aware­ness levels among host com­munit­ies in her­it­age destinations …

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Why aren’t Kenya tourism authorities taking a responsible approach to growth?

March 19, 2024

Are Kenya tourism authorities as responsible as they could be? Mt Kilimanjaro from Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Pic by Sergey Pesterev (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/green-leaf-tree-near-mountain-covered-by-snow-at-daytime-DWXR-nAbxCk

Tour­ism officer Doreen Nyam­weya wor­ries about the stra­tegic dir­ec­tion of Kenya tour­ism. Ms Nyam­weya won­ders wheth­er nation­al tour­ism author­it­ies are ‘imprisoned’ by out­dated think­ing, con­fused about Kenya’s pos­i­tion in the world, and dis­con­nec­ted from host com­munit­ies. With Kenya’s tour­ism sec­tor boom­ing again, calls for respons­ible approaches to tour­ism mar­ket­ing and man­age­ment are gain­ing momentum.  Different […]

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