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Tourists disembark from a FlyDubai aircraft that landed at the Moi International Airport in Mombasa from Dubai on January 17, 2023. [Robert Menza, Standard]

Stakeholders in the multi-billion-shilling tourism industry at the Kenyan Coast want the government to focus more on marketing the country to the rest of Africa in efforts to shore up tourist numbers.

Skal International Kenya Coast President Janet Chamia said following the introduction of a free visa regime by both Kenya and South Africa, there has been a huge increase in the number of Kenyans flocking to the rainbow nation.

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