Diplomatic spat scared away Tanzanian visitors to Kenya in 2017

Passengers headed to Mombasa from Tanzania queue to get approval from the immigration department at the Taveta One Stop Border Point (OSBP) so as to be allowed entry into the country, July 03, 2016.

A diplomatic row between Kenya and Tanzania might have scared away visitors from the latter to Kenya, new data shows.

The latest Economic Survey 2018 by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that the number of Tanzanian visitors to Kenya declined by 21.8 per cent - from 33,000 in 2016 to 25,800 last year.