Rising tourist numbers to spur hospitality sector construction boom

GTC Tower which has 42 floors in Westlands,Nairobi, hostS the US chain JW Marriott hotel. [File, Standard]

The upward growth in the number of tourists to Kenya is expected to drive the construction of more hospitality outlets in the country.

Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows international visitor arrivals recorded a 35.4 per cent increase in 2023 - from 1.54 million in 2022 to 2.09 million, while bed nights increased by 23.2 per cent from seven million in 2022 to 8.6 million in 2023.