CS Najib Balala announces Sh1.2 billion subsidy to lure tourists back

Tourism CS Najib Balala (left) with Foreign Affairs counterpart Amina Mohamed at KICC. Balala announced that the State will spend Sh1.2 billion to encourage charter planes to the coast. [PHOTO:FIDELIS KABUNYI/standard]

NAIROBI: The Government has announced a new raft of incentives to help increase the number of tourists flying to Mombasa and Malindi via chartered planes.

Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala said all chartered planes with passengers terminating at Moi International Airport (Mombasa) and Malindi Airport will be exempted from landing fees for 30 months, starting January 1, 2016.