Domestic tourists cut holiday spending 37.5pc on Covid-19 woes

Tourists enjoy a camel ride along the Diani beach on June 8, 2021. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG

Domestic tourists cut their holiday expenditures by 37.5 percent last year, a new industry report shows, coming on the back of massive job losses and pay cuts as companies reduced operating costs amid liquidity challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Data from the Tourism Research Institute (TRI) shows that the average expenditure on package trips fell from Sh44,043 in the pre-Covid period to Sh27,545 during the pandemic.

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