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Tourism unfazed in Kenya as UN supports sector after Dusit terror attack

By Philip Mwakio | 7yrs ago

Kenya Defence Forces officers leave dusitD2 Hotel building after a successful operation where Al-Shabaab militants were killed after attack. January 16, 2019. [Photo: Beverlyne Musili/Standard]

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has reached out to Kenya and offered its total support in the wake of last week’s Dusit Hotel terror attack.

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