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Increase the number of foreign tourists from 1.1 million to 2 million by 2020

13 May 2018 (SAST)

  • When made: 2013

  • Where made: Party manifesto



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In 2013, the party (at the time a coalition) promised to double the number of tourists visiting Kenya to three million a year. Tourism is a major earner of foreign exchange for the country.

(Note: In the 2017 manifesto, the ruling party revised this target to a more modest two million tourists.)

TABLE: TOURIST ARRIVALS IN KENYA 2012-2015


 
Year Foreign Visitor Arrivals
2012 1,710,800
2013 1,519,600
2014 1,350,400
2015 1,180,500
2016 1,339,700
2017 1,448,800

SOURCE: Economic Survey 2018

-Africa Check, May 2018