New classification rates for tourism facilities and services will be effective in a month’s time

A young girl riding a camel along Bamburi beach in Mombasa. The classification has incorporated East African Community member countries Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda and is expected to be concluded by end of next year. [PHOTO: AFP]

Nairobi; Kenya: New classification rates for tourism facilities and services have been gazetted and will be effective in a month’s time, a senior ministry official has said.

East African Community Affairs (EAC), Commerce and Tourism Principal Secretary Dr Ibrahim Mohamed said the authority’s key objective is to ensure standardisation and quality control in the sector in order to improve its products and services.