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Stakeholders say exorbitant park entry fees to drive away tourists

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A van carrying tourists at Masai Mara Game Reserve. [File, Standard]

Stakeholders in the tourism sector have protested the exorbitant park entry fees at the Maasai Mara Game Reserve and other Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) managed parks.

Tour operators, guides, hotel owners and marketing companies warned that the country risks losing tourists to competing safari destinations.

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