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Hoteliers, Airlines report heavy bookings as Lamu Cultural Festival begins

Dhow race competition during last year's Lamu Cultural Festival. [Maarufu Mohamed/Standard]

The usually sleepy Archipelago of Lamu Island is expected to come alive as the annual Lamu Cultural Festival kicks off.

The multi-cultural festival now on its eighteenth edition will run from Wednesday to Sunday and is expected to attract an estimated 50,000 local and international guests.

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