Kenya Tourism News
Hon. Danson M. Mwazo, MP, minister of tourism, Republic of Kenya @ WTM 2012
Hon. Danson M. Mwazo, MP talks to Breaking Travel News at World Travel Market 2012.
Kenya offers colorful summer events calendar 2012
Kenya is celebrating an eclectic mix of events on its cultural calendar this summer, as the destination prepares to welcome visitors to a range of musical, cultural, and sporting events in the country.
Kenya hits back over US travel warning
Officials in Nairobi have criticised a Kenyan travel warning from the United States, arguing the move was unnecessary. The US had warned it has “credible intelligence of an imminent attack on tartest in Mombasa” and moved its staff in the city back to Nairobi.
Kenya Tourist Board presents cheque to Just a Drop
Kenya Tourist Board presented a cheque for £4,771.60 to Fiona Jeffrey OBE, Founder of charity Just a Drop. The cheque totalled the proceeds raised by the tourist board through an online auction which featured a variety of prizes including a holiday to Kenya.
Kenya moves into international tourism spotlight
Following the recent appointment of Danson Mwazo as the new tourism minister for Kenya, Breaking Travel News takes a look at some of the latest initiatives that look set to position the leading African nation as a premier tourism destination in 2012.
New minister in position for Kenya tourism
The government of Kenya has appointed Danson Mwazo as the new minister for tourism. The move follows the surprise sacking of popular tourism minister Najib Balala.
Change at the top for Kenya Tourism
The Kenya Tourism Board is expected to release details of its newly appointed minister of tourism in the next few days, following a cabinet reshuffle that resulted in the popular Najib Balala being sacked from his post as minister after a dispute with his ODM party Chairman and prime minister Raila Odinga.
Nelson Githinji (Dr), Tourism Secretary, Kenya @ ITB Berlin 2012
Dr Nelson Githinji, tourism secretary for Kenya talks to BTN about its phenomenal growth in 2011 and its positive outlook for next year with a shift towards new emerging markets as the destination prepares to welcome visitors for the Africa Hotel Investment Forum and the World Travel Awards in 2012.
Tourists warned over Nairobi terror threat
The Government has urged British nationals in Kenya to exercise extra vigilance following an alert of a heightened threat from terrorist attacks in Nairobi.
Kenya Minister and UNWTO Secretary-General discuss Organization’s priorities for 2012
The Minister of Tourism of Kenya, Najib Balala, met with UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, to debate the priorities for the work of the Organization in 2012 as Kenya takes the chairmanship of the UNWTO Executive Council.
Kenya outlines new golf strategy at World Travel Market
Kenya Tourist Board officials, in conjunction with Kenya Golf Marketing Alliance and the International Association of Golf Tour Operators, will launch a new golf guide, Golf in Kenya, at World Travel Market. The guide will contain comprehensive reviews on Kenya’s 40 golf courses, including fact sheets on the individual courses.
Further blow to Kenyan tourism following grenade attack
Things have gone from bad to worse for tourism in Kenya, with a grenade attack in the capital Nairobi injuring 12 people. The latest outrage comes after the kidnap of several western tourists on the border with Somalia.