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Tourist arrivals in Kenya drop by 24pc in two months after Obama’s visit

The number of visitors arriving in the country through the main airports dropped by 16 per cent in August to 59,000 after President Obama's visit.

Latest data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that July was the best month in visitor arrivals after 78,243 visitors arrived through the main airports. This was about 15,000 visitors more in the month the US president visited the country. Obama was in Kenya towards the end of July and the spike could be associated with this visit.

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