Kenya saw a 10.4% uplift in global arrivals for 2016 to 1.3 million, with overall UK visitor numbers up by 13% year-on-year in December last year, to 96,404 overall.
Betty Radier, Kenya Tourism Board’s chief executive, said the lifting of travel advisories by the UK, France and the US last year had a “significant impact” on tourism to the country.
“We’ve had a period of about four years of stability and improved security, which has helped hugely,” said Radier.
This led to the lifting of travel advisories against coastal resort towns including Mombasa and Malindi in 2016, with the Foreign Office (FCO) lifting its advice for Lamu Island in March this year.
Kenya heralds tourism revival after advisories are lifted
Destinations
Abra Dunsby
11 May 2017
Kenya has a number of tourism plans in the pipeline including the regeneration of Mombasa’s coast, after seeing a significant uplift in global arrivals for 2016.
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