Kenya: Tourism Surges in Watamu as Politics Subside

18 February 2018

Hotels in the seaside town of Watamu in Kilifi County are doing booming business following a sharp rise in the number of international visitors.

According to the Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers (KAHC) Coast branch executive officer, Mr Sam Ikwaye, hotels in Watamu have an occupancy of 80 per cent, with almost all tourists being foreign, compared with 30 per cent occupancy in the same period last year.

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