Published on : Sunday, March 9, 2014
Kenya’s tourism stakeholders in Mombasa have established a fall in numbers of international tourists following a reduction in charter flights received in the coastal region.
Kenya Association of Hotel keepers and Caterers (KAHC) said that tourism sector has suffered after airlines to Mombasa diverted to other tourist destination like Zanzibar, Seychelles, and Mauritius. Tourism is termed as the backbones of the Kenya’s economy.
KAHC Executive Director, Sam Ikwaye blamed lack of incentive from the government for the cause of drastic pullout of Charters lines from the region.
He also added that Kenyan government must put up incentives including ‘open sky’ policy that allow more foreign carriers to fly and bring in more tourists.
The East African nation’s coastal towns are the Strength of the country’s booming tourism industry, but due to the fear of terror attacks and the kidnapping of foreigners by Somali pirates from resorts near the border, numbers of foreign tourist have been decreased.
Ikwaye blamed the foreign envoys for not advising their respective countries to lift the advisories, which is hurting the country’s tourism industry.
Travel advisories issued by Britain, USA and France are among the reasons that have terrified a number of airlines.
Tourism stake holders at the Coast, said that Mombasa used to receive 36 charter planes every week, but the figure declined after the violence erupted.
Since then the country’s tourism sector has been struggling to stand on its feet again and is at present depending on domestic and conference tourism to survive.
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