Covid disruptions slash Sh71bn from tourism earnings

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Terminal 1A at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Earnings from the tourism sector dropped by Sh71 billion last year as the suspension of international and domestic flights to curb the spread of the coronavirus locked out holidaymakers from visiting Kenya.

Data from the Economic Survey 2021 shows that Kenya earned Sh91.7 billion last year from Sh163.6 billion in 2019 as the coronavirus pandemic hit one of the country’s biggest foreign exchange-earners.

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