Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala

Local tourists flood parks, trash and block migratory routes

Reading Time: 4 minutes With many Kenyans desperate to get outside and explore, national parks are seeing a surge in holidaymakers. However, while this […]

We should leverage on Safer Tourism Seal status

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya is on top of the world, again. This time, not due to athletes’ conquests at the Olympics, World Championships […]

Kenya tourism awarded ‘Safer Travel Seal’ status

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya is the first country globally to be awarded the recommended status of the ‘Safer Tourism Seal’ by Rebuilding Travel. […]

Banking on star power: Kenya turns to Eliud Kipchoge to revive tourism

Reading Time: 3 minutes As Kenya continues to wrestle with the ravages of Covid-19, one economic sector that has been hit the hardest by […]

Hotels okayed to sell alcohol in rooms, confirms Balala

Reading Time: < 1 minute Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has given hotels the green light  to sell alcohol to their guests but only in […]

Coast tourism circuit slowly roaring back to life as Diani hotels re-open

Reading Time: < 1 minute Munira Mandano HOSPITALITY:  A section of tourist hotels in Diani, Kwale County have re-opened for business after meeting the public […]

Kenya lost Sh80b in tourism revenue due to coronavirus

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya has lost Sh80 billion so far in tourism revenue, about half of last year’s total, due to the coronavirus […]

Preparations in high gear for re-opening of hospitality industry

Reading Time: < 1 minute Noel Wandera @NoelWandera5 Local hotel chains are preparing to re-open next month as they hope that government restrictions will be lifted […]

Promoting intra-Africa travel key to region’s tourism recovery plans

Reading Time: 4 minutes Researchers and industry players predict that it will take some time — up to two years in worst-case scenarios — […]

Meet Nicholas Kiritu, Chairman Kenya Tour Driver Guides Association

Reading Time: 2 minutes What was the state of the industry before Covid-19 struck? We were doing very well, especially when the political temperatures […]