Is Kenya losing her grip on tourism to her neighbours?

Tourism in Kenya is the second-largest source of foreign exchange revenue   after agriculture. However, reports claim that Kenya is gradually losing its tourism edge to its regional counterparts. There is a downward trend with a total decline of 2,675,000 visitors from 2011 to 2015.

The number of visitors travelling to Kenya for holiday dropped by 15.82 per cent from 2011 to 2015 while those on business visits decreased by 8.5 per cent. Visitors on business show a fluctuating pattern with the number going up in 2012 from 2,681,100 to 2,691,600. Visitors in transit declined in 2015 to 190,300 from 270,000 visitors in 2014.