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| Tourists interract with beach boys at one of the beaches in North Coast. Thousands of jobs have been lost because of slump in the sector. |
Kenya’s tourism sector suffered its “worst year” in recent history in the face of terror attacks and other insecurity cases leading to a near stagnant international arrivals level.
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) indicates that tourism accounts for 12 per cent of Kenya’s economy, earning revenues averaging Sh103.13billion annually, and is second only to Agriculture.