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Kenya receives first batch of travellers from China in 3 years

Travellers disembarking the China Southern flight which touched down at JKIA on Saturday, February 11, 2023. [Standard]

Kenya's efforts to attract tourists from China received a major boost after the Asian giant's largest airline arrived in the country with the first batch of group travellers from China.

The China Southern Airlines flight from Guangzhou touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Saturday morning with 205 travellers, 40 of whom were on group travel.

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