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Kenya's Maasai people open villages to tourists to increase income
By Xinhua Published: Aug 13, 2026 11:45 AM
Maasai villagers perform traditional dance at a village around the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on Aug. 12, 2026. The Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, are still living a nomadic lifestyle. As local tourism develops, Maasai people have opened their villages to tourists to increase their income. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)

Maasai villagers perform traditional dance at a village around the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on Aug. 12, 2026. The Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, are still living a nomadic lifestyle. As local tourism develops, Maasai people have opened their villages to tourists to increase their income. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)


Maasai villagers perform traditional dance at a village around the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on Aug. 12, 2026. The Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, are still living a nomadic lifestyle. As local tourism develops, Maasai people have opened their villages to tourists to increase their income. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)

Maasai villagers perform traditional dance at a village around the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on Aug. 12, 2026. The Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, are still living a nomadic lifestyle. As local tourism develops, Maasai people have opened their villages to tourists to increase their income. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)



Maasai villagers perform traditional dance at a village around the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on Aug. 12, 2026. The Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, are still living a nomadic lifestyle. As local tourism develops, Maasai people have opened their villages to tourists to increase their income. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)

Maasai villagers perform traditional dance at a village around the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on Aug. 12, 2026. The Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, are still living a nomadic lifestyle. As local tourism develops, Maasai people have opened their villages to tourists to increase their income. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)



A Maasai villager herds livestock at a village around the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on Aug. 12, 2026. The Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, are still living a nomadic lifestyle. As local tourism develops, Maasai people have opened their villages to tourists to increase their income. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)

A Maasai villager herds livestock at a village around the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on Aug. 12, 2026. The Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, are still living a nomadic lifestyle. As local tourism develops, Maasai people have opened their villages to tourists to increase their income. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)