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Tourism players root for open skies to boost tourist numbers

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From left: National Chair of all non IATA under Kenya Association of Travel Agents, Grace Ndungu, Deans Travel Centre MD Patrick Maina Kamanga and Mombasa Tourism CEC Mohamed Osman during KATA, Annual General Meeting and convention in Mombasa, on June 28, 2025. [OmondiOnyango, Standard]

Kenya Air Travel Agents (KATA) has urged the government to allow more international flights into the country as they aim to hit the five million tourism mark by 2027.

KATA chairman Joseph Kithitu said in 2024 said the tourism revenue grew to Sh452 billion, up from Sh377 billion in 2023, with domestic tourism also growing by 12 per cent to over 5.1 million bed nights.

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