Kenya turns to China to boost tourist numbers

By Andrew Watila

Kenya: Kenya is courting Asian countries to boost plummeting tourism numbers caused by terror attacks, last year’s  March 4 polls and security operation jitters. Increased marketing in China has paid off as more than 110 Chinese tourists visited Kenya last Saturday at one go.  The tourists were received by Kenya Tourism Board Managing Director Muriithi Ndegwa and hosted at a dinner at Safari Park Hotel. They will visit Nairobi, Masai Mara and Nyeri in the Mt Kenya tourism circuit as part of the plans to boost tourism in counties. Ndegwa said this is one of the biggest numbers of tourist arrivals at a go, adding that terrorism is a global phenomena that affect any nation.