China now woos Kenyan tourists to one of its cities

Kenya Tourism Board's (KTB) Helen Omukoko (left) and Elizabeth Okaka Marketing officer KTB greets Wu Wei Jun General Manager China Southern Airlines (CSA) during 2018 CSA Guangzhou Tourism Kenya Promotion conference in Nairobi on May 29, 2018. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

More than 120,000 Kenyan passengers have flown to Guangzhou since 2015 when direct flights between Nairobi and the Chinese city were established.

This number might rise should Guangzhou’s plan to woo Kenyan tourists to the port city materialise. Currently, most Kenyans flock to this Chinese city to buy goods for sale.