Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala (third right) welcomes some of the tourists who arrived at the Moi International Airport on board a Belgium direct charter flight, Tui Brusseles, walk to board buses for transfer to various beach hotels in Mombasa, Kwale and Kilifi Counties for their holidays, November 07, 2018. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].
A dramatic increase in the number of tourists flying to Mombasa contributed to a 12-fold increase in the consumption of aviation gasoline last year.