Tourism Cabinet secretary Najib Balala has challenged coast counties to resolve the 40 year beach boys menace if they want to reap from beach tourism. The Kenyan coastline has five major beach destinations in Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale and Lamu Counties but beach boys have dominated the beaches harassing tourists.The coastline is believed to hold about 10,000 beach boys from Lamu in the north, to Diani in south coast. “Our plan is to define the coast and market the beach destination as a distinct product. The newly established Coast Beach Destination Working Group, chaired by Pride Inn Managing Director Hasnain Noorani, will come up with a strategy paper on resolving issues facing the sector. Ministry of Tourism has developed a Kenya Tourisms Blueprint 2030 which is anchored on four key pillars including product development strategy, marketing strategy, investment strategy and tourism infrastructure strategy.

Source: The Star February 01, 2019 20:25 UTC