Category: Kenya travel news
Kenya Travel & Tourism News for visitors. Kenya is a country in East Africa with coastline on the Indian Ocean. It encompasses savannah, lakelands, the dramatic Great Rift Valley and mountain highlands. It's also home to wildlife like lions, elephants and rhinos. From Nairobi, the capital, safaris visit the Maasai Mara Reserve, known for its annual wildebeest migrations, and Amboseli National Park, offering views of Tanzania's 5,895m Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Jamaica Tourism Minister officially launches Kenya’s Global Tourism Resilience Satellite Centre
Kenya’s Global Tourism Resilience Satellite Centre has been officially launched by founder and Co-Chair of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre and Jamaica Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. ... Read More
Airports Council International cancels 2021 ACI Africa event
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to stomp out hope of reactivating events that had to be cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus. Its latest victim is the Airport Council International ... Read More
Domestic tourism in Kilimanjaro takes shape this Christmas
Setting the agenda for domestic and regional tourism in East Africa, Christmas and New Year trips in Northern Tanzania and parts of Kenya have been planned with good experience for ... Read More
New East Africa Director of Global Tourism Resilience Centre
Recognizing the need to manage crisis in the tourism industry in the Eastern Africa Region, the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Satellite Centre (GTRCMSC) was established in November 2019 ... Read More
A Tourism Hero: Agnes Mucuha of the Kenya Association of Travel Agents
Agnes Mucuha is the Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Association of Travel Agents in Nairobi, and she is now a tourism hero and was added to www.heroes.travel . She ... Read More
Tanzania Opens its Skies to Kenya-registered Airlines
Tanzania has lifted its ban on Kenyan registered airlines, opening a new cooperation over the East African skies after a month-and-half-long standoff over the regional skies. The good news reached ... Read More
Kenya Open Again for Global Travelers
Passengers arriving on international flights into Kenya must show a negative COVID-19 certificate on arrival obtained no later than 96 hours prior to departure from their home country. Body temperatures ... Read More
East African Tourism Stuck in Turbulent Skies
Tourism investors in the region are challenged by the ongoing airspace tension between Kenya and Tanzania, now damaging the East African tourism and travel sector in the region. Tension over ... Read More
Kenya Airways posts record half-year loss
Kenya Airways had been badly affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic over the past six months with a recorded loss of about US$132 million from flight disruptions that led to ... Read More
Kenya Airways denied entry into Tanzanian sky
A dark cloud is hanging over the East African skies in a standoff between Kenya Airways and the Tanzanian aviation authorities, after both neighboring states opened up their skies with ... Read More
The Safer Tourism Seal adds Magic when Rediscovering Travel
Magical Kenya became an even more magical travel destination today. Kenya became the first country in the world to be honored with the Safer Tourism Seal Najib Balala, a proud ... Read More
Kenya’s Tourism Minister Najib Balala is now a Wildlife Ranger
World Ranger Day is celebrated on 31 July to commemorate Rangers killed or injured in the line of duty and to celebrate the work Rangers do to protect the world's natural and ... Read More
East African regional tourism set for revival from International flights
Major international airlines are set to resume passenger schedule flights to Kenya, bringing new hopes for fast track recovery of regional tourism after four months of air transport restrictions to ... Read More
Kenya Airspace to Reopen: Joins Other African States
Joining other African states south of the Sahara to Kenya airspace is set to re-open for domestic and international travelers, focusing on domestic, regional, and international tourism development. Domestic flights ... Read More
Domestic and regional tourism key to Africa’s post-COVID-19 recovery
Developing domestic and regional tourism is the best strategy that would make African continent a single destination, taking into account of the rich tourist attractions within the continent, according to ... Read More
The Paradigm Shift for Tourism in Africa may be for the better
The Tourism Secretary, the Hon. Najib Balala is seen by many as a key figure and leader in the African travel and tourism industry. He is also a member of ... Read More
Kenya and Tanzania report sharp drop in hotel occupancy
Kenya and Tanzania are registering a sharp drop in toruist hotel occupancy after suspension of Kenya Airways' flights to key European tourist markets and business meetings. Hotel occupancy in Kenya ... Read More
FAA warning: U.S. civil aviation over Kenya to exercise extreme caution
An FAA warning stated today, February 26, 2020, that due to cross-border extremist/militant attacks originating in Somalia, there is increasing risk to U.S. civil aviation flying into, out of, within, ... Read More
African Tourism Board CEO leaves Kenya with a smile
Kenya Tourism with the support of the African Tourism Board may play a leading role in initiating and advancing pilot projects that could be implemented in other parts of the ... Read More
100-year-old Charles Njonjo tracks mountain gorillas at Mt. Mgahinga National Park
Charles Mugane Njonjo, Kenya's first post-independence Attoney General under President Jomo Kenyatta, turns a hundred on January 23, 2020. To commemorate this milestone, the centenarian chose to celebrate it in ... Read More
South Africa’s largest hotel chain quits Kenyan safari market
Come the end of January, South African hotel chain, Tsogo Sun Hotels, is set to close its property in Kenyan capital city - the Southern Sun Mayfair Nairobi, citing an ... Read More
Africa Hotel Investment Forum set for 2 events in Africa this year
Africa's premier hotel investment gathering, the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) is expected to take place in 2 African cities this year. The event is expected to attract top-level gathering ... Read More
Kenya Tourism Sector Performance Report 2019
Vacationing in Kenya! This is a favorite for American travelers and big business for the Kenya Tourism Industry. Witness to this is the Kenya Tourism Sector Performance Report for 2019. ... Read More
Jamaica Tourism Minister checks progress of Global Tourism Resilience Centre at Kenyatta U
The Jamaica Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, paid a visit to Kenyatta University (KU) to review progress towards the setting up of a Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre ... Read More
African aviation industry leaders unite in Kenya at Routes Africa
The African aviation market will grow to over 356 million passengers by 2038, according to International Air Transport Association latest forecast. Over 24 million jobs on the African continent are ... Read More
Minister Bartlett to conclude discussions for establishment of first Satellite Center in Kenya
Jamaica's Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett is currently in Kenya to conclude discussions for the establishment of the first Satellite Center for the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center ... Read More
African Tourism Board focus on Aviation takes a big step forward at Routes Mombasa
African Tourism Board President Alain St.Ange, who was also the former Seychelles Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine met today with Steve Small, the Director of Routes during ... Read More
African Tourism Board President heads to Routes Africa in Mombasa
Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles former Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine Minister and President of the African Tourism Board, was in Nairobi before heading to Mombasa for Routes Africa 2019. ... Read More
Kenya tour operator UNIGLOBE Let’s Go Travel attains global certification for sustainable practices
UNIGLOBE Travel International member UNIGLOBE Let’s Go Travel in Nairobi, Kenya, has become one of the first tour operators in East Africa to be Travelife Certified. Accredited by the Global ... Read More
Kenya Tourism Secretary Najib Balala positioned as an African Leader: Cemented
The African Tourism Board cemented Kenya's Tourism Minister standing as a long year recognized African tourism leader last week in London. Kenya has been seen as a driving force in ... Read More
$1.5 billion railway project entirely funded and built by China opens in Kenya
The second section (120 kilometers/75 miles) of a China-funded railway connecting Kenya's capital city of Nairobi to Naivasha, a town in the Central Rift Valley, opened last week. Kenyan President ... Read More
Kenya Convention Bureau names new chief
The newly-created Kenya Convention Bureau announced that Mrs. Jacinta Nzioka has been appointed as its new director. Previously, Jacinta served for several years as Director of Marketing at the Kenya ... Read More
Safaris in Uganda? The only 20/20 tour operator is: Let’s Go Travel
Traveling to Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya or Rwanda? Let’s Go Travel is evidence, that not all Uganda Tour Operators are designed equal. The minute you visit www.ugandaletsgotravel.com you notice, you are not just looking ... Read More
UNWTO has a new Executive Council Chair: Hon. Najib Balala
The Minister of Tourism of Kenya, The Hon. Minister Najib Balala was elected today to chair the UNWTO executive council. This election took place Friday during the UNWTO General Assembly ... Read More
Kenya lobbies for hosting UNWTO General Assembly
Kenya has intensified lobbying to win the bid to host the 24th edition of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly in 2021, officials said this week. Kenyan Tourism ... Read More
Elephants are dual nationals in Kenya and Tanzania!
Dual citizenship though is illegal; elephants are not only defying the man-made law day in day out, but are also generating the much-needed tourism revenue for both Tanzania and its ... Read More