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Major boost for tourism sector as Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala slashes cost of air travel

Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala at the Kenyatta International Conventional Center during the official handing over of the venue KICC to the WTO team for the upcoming Conference that begins on the 15th to 18th of December 2015 in Nairobi Kenya. PHOTO/FIDELIS KABUNYI

The Tourism ministry has slashed the cost of travel to the Kenyan Coast for tourists as part of a strategy to revive the sector.

Yesterday, Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala unveiled a Sh1.2 billion Charter Incentive Programme for Kenya (CIP) aimed at reducing tourist costs and recovering lost business from tourist charter companies.

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