Kenya on charm offensive to woo Chinese tourists and investors

East African Affairs Commerce and Tourism Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie and the Deputy chairman of the China Tourism Administration Wang Sifa exchange documents after Signing a Memorandum of Understanding that will see Kenya enjoy an approved destination status for Chinese tourists by Chinese government. [PHOTO: COURTESY]

Xiamen; China: Cabinet Secretary for East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism Phyllis Kandie, has sent out a strong message to the international community, that Kenya is a tourism, commerce and investment hub.

Ms Kandie said her ministry's strategy is to market Kenya internationally as major tourism, commerce and investment hub for East Africans and the larger Comesa region. She was was addressing delegates at the 18th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) held in the south eastern coastal city of Xiamen, Fujian Province, China this week. She was accompanied by several Kenyan MPs, a senator and Kenya's Ambassador to China Michael Kinyanjui.