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US topples UK as Kenya's key tourism source market

Tourism Cabinet Secretary, Penina Malonza [right] receives tourists at the port of Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

The United States (US) was Kenya's leading international tourist market last year, overtaking the United Kingdom (UK), a new report by the Tourism Research Institute (TRI) shows.

According to the report, 209,360 American tourists visited Kenya last year as more cruise ships called on the port of Mombasa and Kenya Airways increased the frequency of its direct flights to the United States after the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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