×
App Icon
The Standard e-Paper
Home To Bold Columnists
★★★★ - on Play Store
Download Now

Stakeholders say exorbitant park entry fees to drive away tourists

Vocalize Pre-Player Loader

Audio By Vocalize

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.

Premium Article

Get Full Access for Ksh299/Week.

Fact-first reporting that puts you at the heart of the newsroom. Subscribe for full access.
Continue Reading  →
What you get
  • Unlimited access to all premium content
  • Ad-free browsing experience
  • Mobile-optimised reading
  • Weekly newsletters & digests
Pay via
M - PESA
VISA
Airtel Money
Secure Payments Kenya's most trusted newsroom since 1902
Shipping & Logistics
South Sudan justifies Crawford Capital Port collection role
By Ryan Kerubo 10 hrs ago
Business
Farmers risk losing half their harvest, agency warns
Real Estate
How high-stakes home ownership dreams are shattered by city cartels
By Brian Ngugi 18 hrs ago
Business
Afreximbank bets on $10bn crisis fund, gold bank to bolster African sovereignty