Kenya: Early Recovery of Nature Tourism Crucial - UN Environment Head

6 March 2008

Nature tourism in Kenya, which plummeted some 90 per cent during the recent post-election violence, can play a key role in restoring the east African country's stability, economy and biodiversity, the United Nations environment chief said today.

"Tourism, based in the main around Kenya's fabled wildlife and natural landscapes, has historically been a centre-piece of the economy and for job creation," Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP), said on his departure to Berlin, Germany, which this week is hosting one of the world's biggest tourism fairs.

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