Sustain this wind of hope for tourism sector

It’s a major boost for the tourism industry after the British government lifted the crippling travel advisory for Mombasa and the entire stretch of the Coast from Watamu to the border with Tanzania.

This, coming days after the government set aside Sh5.2 billion in the Budget to market Kenya abroad, has raised hopes among industry players that the sector could be rescued from total collapse. The travel advisory had scared British tourists, who account for the lion-share of visitors to Kenya. We received 117,201 visitors from the UK at the close of 2014, compared to 149,699 in 2013.