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Tourism gets raw deal with no tax incentives in Budget

Iqbal Karim

Tourism is a leading foreign exchange earner, a major generator of employment and contributes up to 10 per cent of Kenya's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Tourism Strategic Medium-Term Plan seeks to quadruple this figure, doubling international arrivals and average spending by visitors, trebling revenue and increasing number of hotel beds by 2012.

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