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Kenya needs neighbours for cruise tourism
Tourists disembark from MS Voyager which made a call at the port of Mombasa on its return journey from Zanzibar to Seychelles with a total of 687 passengers and 452 crew members. It is the first cruise ship in 2016. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG
In its hey days, cruise ships were a prominent feature at the port of Mombasa. With weekly cruise voyages plying the port, Zanzibar and Seychelles, Mombasa city was teeming with foreign tourists.
At the height of Somali Piracy starting 2005, the star of cruise tourism faded in Kenya. Before then, there would be more than 40 such ships calling at the Mombasa port. The number has reduced to zero in the recent past.
