Kenya Tourism Board confident of tourism sector growth despite polls fever

Kenya Tourism Board Chief Executive Betty Radier with the board’s chairman Jimi Kariuki at a past event. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) is confident of sustaining the sector’s growth momentum from last year despite 2017 being an election year.

Past elections have always dampened prospects for the industry, with heightened political noise resulting in reduced tourists to the country and a decline in industry revenues.