Nairobi — Kenya obtained 305,635 worldwide arrivals between January to June 2021.
Information from the Tourism Analysis Institute exhibits that 96,003 had been feminine and 209,632 male.
The determine is a drop from the 470,971 worldwide guests who arrived within the nation between January and October 2020 and an additional lower from the whole 1,718,550 guests who arrived within the nation in 2019.
The Ministry of Tourism company indicated that the highest 5 supply markets are the USA of America (49,178), Uganda (31,418), Tanzania (31,291), China (18,069), and the UK (16,264).
January and June noticed the very best arrivals at 40,003 and 40,842 respectively
Tourism Cupboard Secretary Najib Balala, in an announcement, famous that the USA of America accounted for 11.12 p.c market share whereas Tanzania’s market share was 10.48 p.c.
“We’re inspired by the numbers though we’re not there but. As a result of that is solely a fifth of the 2 million guests we obtained in 2019. However we perceive that is due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that ensued which affected the journey tendencies this 12 months,” he mentioned.
Balala additional famous that arrivals from the UK dropped because of the results of the unfair journey restrictions which noticed Kenya positioned on the pink record.
Between January to October 2020, UK was the fourth vacation spot whereas China which was at quantity 10 rose to place 4.
“We’re nonetheless partaking and we hope these journey restrictions will likely be lifted not solely by the UK however internationally. In the meantime, we’re nonetheless persevering with to watch secure journey protocols,” Balala added.
Nearly all of the guests came over household and pals (94,241), for conferences, incentives, and conferences, (92,828), and for holidays (87,629).
One other 15,811 had been on transit, 8,637 for training, 3,592 for medical functions, 1,722 for
non secular functions, and 1,175 for sports activities.
The Ministry had beforehand indicated that these numbers point out that solely important journey are occurring within the wake of the pandemic.
The most important factors of entry by way of air transport had been Jomo Kenyatta Worldwide Airport, Moi Worldwide Airport, Mombasa, and Wilson Airport.