Updated Thu, June 9th 2016 at 12:29 GMT +3The Kenyan travel industry has welcomed the allocation of Sh4.5 billion plus incentives to the ailing sector by the National Treasury in the 2016/2017 national budget . Ikwaye said tourism players were happy about the gazeting of the reduction on park entry fees which has now put us at a competitive advantage with other East African nations.'' Cabinet Secretary for Tourism ,Najib Balala has done his part and now tourism agencies involved in marketing need to play their part proactively to ensure that tourism rebounds to acceptable levels,'' Ikwaye said. Speaking in Mombasa, Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers (Kahc) Coast branch executive officer, Mr Sam Ikwaye said that they are happy and excited at the prospects of additional funding. Ndolo said that he was looking forward to having the Tourism Finance Corporation (TFC) well-funded to enable it fund local investments and help them upgrade their facilities as they seek to remain competitive.

Source: Standard Digital June 09, 2016 09:22 UTC