Not enough is being done to aid tourism

Kenya: Kenya’s profile as a tourist destination in the region is on the wane. While external factors like the Euro zone crisis are to blame, much of it actually has to do with the Government’s own scant treatment of the sector.

Security concerns – largely as a result of terrorist attacks – poor infrastructure and, more recently, the imposition of value added tax on tourism and hotel services have been cited as critical to the sector’s unmitigated decline over the years. Add poaching to this mix and the country is staring at a future without as much as a cent from tourism.