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Homegrown tourism will boost industry’s recovery

The new policy which placed domestic tourism at the heart of the country’s hospitality sector must now be capitalised upon. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya's tourism had a solid year in 2019, with market data showing a continued maturity of the sector. For starters, international arrivals rose above the two million mark year over year.

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) datat indicates that tourism receipts for the year soared by 3.9 percent to Sh163.6 billion from Sh157.4 billion in 2018 to mirror the steady rise in arrivals.

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