UK slaps Kenya with new travel alert, citing kidnap risk

Tourists in Mombasa. UK has rocked Kenya tourism with Kidnap travel alert. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The UK Tuesday rocked Kenya’s tourism with a warning to its citizens against the risk of kidnapping in the country following an updated travel advisory that could hit recent gains in the travel sector after years of recovery.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in a fresh travel guidance issued on Tuesday expanded the areas where her citizens should be vigilant for kidnappings to include Kenya’s top conferencing, safari and beach tourism destinations.

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