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Handcraft making in Rwanda: Good for tourism and economy but a potential danger for cultural heritage and environment. Basket weaving or basketry has a strong traditional meaning in Rwanda. This practice with a big gender gap was and is still done majority by women and girls. Women and girls gather, socialize, and education whereby mothers teaching […]

Tourism is a social, cultural, and economic phenomenon which entails the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business/professional purposes (UNWTO, IRTS 2008). Tea tourism is defined as “tourism that is motivated by an interest in the history, traditions and consumption of tea” (Jolliffe 2007:9). Gisakura Tea Factory Visitors […]