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Kenya invites Indians for a unique holiday in 2021

Jan 16,2021
The Economic Times

Kenya is welcoming Indian tourists to sample unique Kenyan tourism products in 2021. The country is banking on India to boost its international tourism numbers, this year. Official statistics from the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife indicate that Kenya registered a total of 122,649 travellers from the Indian market in 2019. In 2020, statistics for the period between January to October, the total number of tourist arrivals into Kenya from India was 25,251. The decline is attributed to the travel restrictions imposed by both Kenya and India as part of the measures to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. As travel picks up in 2021, Kenya is looking at the Indian market as a key source to revive tourism. According to the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) CEO, Betty Radier, “Kenya is blessed with many tourism offerings that excite travelers from across the globe. The Indian market is one that has continued to uptake our tourism offerings for many years. Kenya and India continue to have cordial relations especially because both countries are bound by both history and culture. It is certainly not by mistake that India has been one of our key source markets.”