KENYA’S TOURISM SECTOR NEEDS SHS31BILLION FOR DEVELOPMENT

The tourism sector of Kenya has been searching for Shs 30 billion in the next coming years to increase infrastructures and tourism facilities in order to improve on the revenue. This means in the 2012 budget, the tourism sector needs more than Sh9 billion so that it can develop its products to compete with other countries in the whole world.

Kenya has plans of developing three proposed Resort cities and reconstructs other Kenya Tourist Development Corporation facilities so around Shs13 billion will be used for these developments.

Studies have been taking place in resort cities like Kilifi, Diani and Isiolo and presently designs are taking place. Around Shs 2 billion has been put for classification and standardization process that has been taking place for sometime now. The Ministry of Tourism has classified 68 hotels and will have finished classifying 90 by the end of June.

Shs 3billion has been put for international marketing activities and beach operators markets along the coastline and advisory services for the resort cities have to be set up.

Tourism in Kenya is the second highest foreign exchange earner so according to the current developments, the industry got Sh81 billion in the last months of 2011.it also contributes around 10% of the country’s GDP and provides market for goods produced in other industries.