State upbeat tourism industry on recovery after three-year slump

Visitors aboard a cruise liner, MS Seven Seas Voyager, docked at Mombasa port and are received by Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala. The CS expects the industry to fully recover in 2018.

Kenya's tourism industry is on the final stretch towards recovery, providing hope for thousands of households affected by a three-year slump.

According to industry stakeholders, recent efforts to pull Kenya's industry out of a slump occasioned by increased insecurity-related woes and travel advisories from key western markets are paying off, with full recovery expected in less than two years.