(Posted 11th August 2023)
When during the last week of July many Kenya government and leading private sectors companies suffered cyberattacks, was the decision taken promptly to throw open the door for visitors by granting Visa on Arrival again. This practice, until several years ago, allowed tourist and business visitors to get their Visa on arrival at airports and internatinoal land borders and during and after the cyber attack ensured that the flow of visitors was not impacted. (See ATCNews‘ article below)
Cyber Attack on #Kenya prompts government to grant Visa on Arrival again
Now has information emerged that following the restoration of e-services the Visa on Arrival process was stopped again, requiring visitors to apply once more in advance for their entry permission to Kenya.
Several tourism players, more regularly interacting with ATCNews, have critiziced the decision and claim that given the various challenges faced by the industry, the Visa on Arrival option should have remained permanently active in particular to encourage last minute visitors to choose Kenya as their vacation destination and not be time banned by an application process on line which takes valuable time.
Applications for Visa to enter Kenya can be processed via https://evisa.go.ke
