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Kenya banks on business tourism to grow numbers

Government expects booming conference tourism to help revive the struggling sector.

East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie said Kenya, currently ranked second in Africa after South Africa in business conferencing, is working on construction of major convention centres, which, when completed, would enable the country to clinch the number one slot.

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