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Bett bets on rich Indians to boost tourism recovery

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Tourists disembark from a speed boat during the 20th Annual Lamu Cultural festival. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

Kenya is relying on the increasing appetite for leisure travel among Indian youth and professionals to boost its tourism arrivals from the Asian nation.

The country is seeking to grow its visitor numbers from India, the top five performing tourism source markets for Kenya to surpass the 2019 figures of over 120,000.

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