Kenya has remained a major tourist delicacy among the East Africans who fancy tourism and travel. According to statistical data released in the Tourism Sector Performance Report 2019, the East African countries of Uganda and Tanzania continue to be a major hub for tourists that visit Kenya after the USA.
The report indicates that, Kenya received 245,437 tourists from America in 2019, the highest from one country, while Uganda and Tanzania were second and third with 223,010 and 193,740 respectively.
A reference to Kenya’s department of immigration and border management data indicated that, the number of international tourist arrivals captured through the personal identification secure comparison and evaluation system, (the PISCES software), showed that, there was a tremendous increase in the number of Rwandan visitors to Kenya by 24.63 per cent, from 34,758 visitors in 2018 to 43,321 in 2019.
Also, due to the emergence of Uganda Airline’s direct flight from Entebbe to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi and Moi International Airport (MIA) in Mombasa last year, arrivals from Uganda are estimated to increase.
Due to an increasing number of holiday makers, MIA registered the highest number of tourist arrivals with 8.56 per cent growth while JKIA recorded a 6.07 per cent increase. This is attributed to a rising number of direct flights such as Air France in March 2019.
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