Stakeholders expect tourism boom ahead of SGR launch

Hotels at the coast are optimistic about the future as they expect more tourists to visit their facilities once the standard gauge railway (SGR) passenger train commences services between Mombasa and Nairobi next week.

Tourism players have been touted as one of the major beneficiaries of the Sh327 billion mega project due to the fact that rail transport will now be faster while being cheaper than air travel.