Hotels reduce rates to woo domestic tourists

Joy Wanjiku of Leopard Beach hotel, Diani, supports Cruz Maweu through various kids water games during the reopening of the hotel’s Little Leopards Kids Club, last week. The club had been closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak.

Hoteliers at the Coast have cut rates by up to 55 per cent as they desperately try to woo domestic tourists following massive cancellations by foreign travellers.

The sector is staring at what industry players have described as the “worst third quarter in the recent past” due to the devastating effects of Covid-19 pandemic around the world.