Kenya Forecasts Increase in Earnings, Tourist Arrivals This Year
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Tourism revenue in Kenya, the country’s second-biggest foreign exchange earner, is forecast to rise to more than 100 billion shillings (1.2 billion) this year, Muriithi Ndegwa, head of the tourism authority, said.
East Africa’s largest economy expects a boost after the passage of peaceful elections in March eased concerns by tourists about violence and political instability, Ndegwa, managing director of the Kenya Tourism Board, said in an interview today in the capital, Nairobi.