Last news

TOURISM

Balala: "Election are putting Kenya tourism in trouble"

"if was for me, i would call for next elections after ten years"

29-09-2017 by redazione

Kenya's Minister of Tourism Najib Balala comes out on the open, on the eve of the most important trade fair in his country and denounces the decline in international arrivals in the country and the occupation of hotel facilities by clients, including local ones.
"Elections with their own trawling are beginning to damage our Tourism - said Balala last Wednesday at a conference - the situation that in the first six months of the year was flattering and predicted very good numbers and signs of recovery for 2017, has now plummeted".
For Balala, the blame lies above all with this climate of expectation and political instability, due to the cancellation of the presidential votes.
If it was up to me,"added the Minister of Tourism," I would hold the new elections not in five years' time, but in ten years' time. Just see Diani, who has halved his attendance, or Mombasa and Malindi, who are all too quiet, to understand that the sector is in difficulty again".
The events planned will try to revive it, but certainly this October will not go down in Kenya's history to be a month of great arrivals of tourists. More than anything else, it is to be hoped that no cancellations will arrive from those who have already planned to spend part of the winter holidays in Kenya.
The same opinion is also expressed by Jonah Orumoi, managing director of the Tourism Finance Corporation (TFC) who has noticed how tourism industry's supply chain is declining and things may not improve next year if the current political deadlock is not resolved. 
"Kenyan tourism is quite resilient - said Orumoi - aa the impact caused by tension could be irrecoverable in the near future if the situation is not resolved in time".

TAGS: Elezioni KenyaMinistro Turismo KenyaBalala Kenya

Kenya's Minister of Tourism Najib Balala met first with tour operators, then representatives of businessmen...

Ten days before the national elections on 9 August, Kenyans and the country's various productive sectors are...

READ THE ARTICLE AND SEE VIDEO

by redazione

by redazione

by redazione

Kenya Tourism PS Najib Balala is not happy with the work done last season by the Kenya Tourist Board, the organization that promotes Kenya and its tourist destinations outside the nation.
Speaking at a meeting with industry entrepreneurs at Diani,...

READ ALL THE REVIEW

by redazione

by redazione

The marine nature of Watamu, but the comforts, services and good Italian...

READ ALL THE ARTICLE

Anyone working in the tourism sector and in activities aimed at visitors will be able to vaccinate even...

READ ALL THE ARTICLE

The direct international flights to Malindi, dreamed imagined and expected at least two decades, they look really at the gates.
After the assurances of President Kenyatta in recent days, surrogate by the facts that they see completed expansion of the...

READ ALL THE REVIEW

by redazione

by redazione

by redazione