Tourist arrivals hit record high

Kenya tourist arrivals hit record high
Kenya’s tourism sector is on the road to solid recovery with an impressive record high arrivals in the first half of 2011. Statistics released by Kenya’s ministry of Tourism indicate that 549,083 tourists visited Kenya in the first six months of 2011, surpassing the previous high hit in 2010 by 13.6 percent. Visitors from Britain led the way accounting for 14.3 percent of arrivals, followed by the United States on 9.3 percent and then Italy, Germany and India. READ ON: http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/-/1006/1224850/-/4jw86dz/-/index.html

Tourism earnings pick up as global recession eases
The tourism industry is projecting to earn Sh81 billion this year on the back of an expected increase in tourist arrivals helped by the ongoing recovery of key source markets, players have said. Kenya Tourist Board (KTB), which markets Kenya as a tourist destination, is however concerned that the escalating political tensions could slow down these prospects. READ ON: http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Tourism+earnings+pick+up+as+global+recession+eases/-/539550/1130950/-/108o7az/-/index.html

Tourists head back to Kenya in record numbers
A record number tourists visited the country in the first six months of this year, continuing a solid recovery after the country was hit by post-election violence in 2008 and the lingering effects of the global financial crisis. Arrivals rose to 549,083, up 13.6 per cent from the same period last year. Tourism earned a record Sh74 billion ($802 million) last year, making it one of the country’s leading sources of foreign exchange. READ ON: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000041570&cid=14&j=&m=&d=

Tourism industry hits peak

Tourism earned the country 40.5 billion shillings in the first six months of this year. This is after tourist arrivals grew by 13.6 % on last year's figure of 483,083 to 549,468 this year. Tourism minister Najib Balala says the government is diversifying its marketing initiatives to emerging markets like China and India due to the current debt crisis in Europe and USA. READ ON: http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=72120