International tourists push earnings, transport up

Tourists from Europe who are on holidays along the Coastal beaches, are taken on a tour within the Old Town as the high tourism season begins, January 20, 2020. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]  

Tourism earnings grew by 3.9 per cent last year to Sh163.6 billion from Sh157.4 billion recorded in 2018, according to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) 2020 Economic Survey released yesterday.

The growth was associated with general political stability in the country after the “handshake” between President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga, which saw the two leaders put aside their political differences in a bid to unite Kenyans after a divisive presidential election in 2017.