New tool to audit economic role of tourism

Tourists in Mombasa. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenyans will soon know the contribution of tourism to the country’s wealth through a new tool that will measure the value tourists add to related sectors, their spending patterns and jobs that followed the expenditure.

Government is creating the special tool, known as the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA), to estimate demand and supply of tourism for market intelligence and publicity.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.