Kenya has the destinations, infrastructure, and investment climate to attract far more visitors. What it does not need is a visa process that blocks last-minute trips, frustrates frequent travellers, and sends tourism revenue elsewhere. This article argues for a simple fix: bring back visa-on-arrival, or go further with visa-free access for key source markets.
As tourism gets a long needed reprieve, new e-visa rules snap defeat from the jaws of victory! On June 18th, the British government finally eased the travel advisory on most of the Coast region in Kenya. The advisory had been in place since the Westgate terror attacks. It has been detrimental to Kenya’s travel and…
Having relocated from Nairobi to Lagos in January 2013, I have settled down, and gotten more or less used to living here. Apartment, car, driver, etc., are already in place, and I dare commend my own exploration work on the wining and dining scene. Getting to terms with the almost exclusively cash-based economy is a challenge,…
