Any player who has not embraced local tourism today will be left behind,” said Mohammed Hersi, chair of the Kenya Tourism Federation, a private sector umbrella body for tourism sector lobbies. “The hotels which have taken up domestic tourism are the ones who are doing well. Embracing domestic tourism is easy, all Kenyans want is good service, good price and to treated with dignity.”Hersi, however, noted that the domestic tourism segment should not be an afterthought or an area to tap into during crises. “It is not about one replacing the other, we need both domestic and international tourism to walk alongside each other. When we do not have international tourists coming in, you find that most people will be in bad shape.”

Source: Standard Digital March 11, 2021 21:00 UTC