Task force backs plan to set up unit to protect tourists

Tourism CS Najib Balala (right) flanked by International Union for Conservation of Nature council member Ali Kaka during the handing over ceremony on the establishment of Tourism Protection Service in Nairobi on February 14 2017.The Protection Service, will help strengthen the services of the National Police Service to support the Tourism sector in addressing safety and security issues in the country. [PHOTO: DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD}

The Ministry of Tourism has received a report championing the establishment of tourism security services to boost the sector.

Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala said implementation of the report of a task force that was formed last year to develop the structure of a Tourism Protection Service (TPS) as well its regulatory framework will help change the perception of tourists about Kenya.