KENYA TOURISM TAKES FIRST STEPS TOWARDS RECOVERY
(Posted 29th May 2014)
The Kenya Tourism Board is clearly wasting no time to take the battle for market recovery and more tourists to the world, courting existing, new and emerging markets as KTB today announced the dates for their Magical Kenya Travel Expo.
The Kenyatta International Convention Centre will once again be the venue for Kenya’s premier international tourism fair, allowing the showcasing of all of the country’s varied attractions, from the sundrenched beaches of the Indian Ocean to the shores of Lake Victoria, from Tsavo and Amboseli to Lake Turkana and from Mt. Kenya to the Masai Mara and everywhere in between, including the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Great African Rift Valley, lakes Elementaita, Naivasha, Nakuru, Bogoria and Baringo and the conservancies on the Laikipia plains and beyond which are at the forefront of private wildlife conservation.
The dates for the 2014 event were announced as from October 08th to 10th inclusive and this year some 150 top rated buyers from the key markets supporting Kenya’s tourism industry will be invited and hosted by the Kenya Tourism Board, to showcase the country as fundamentally safe for visitors and ready to provide that once in a lifetime holiday.
Also invited will be selected international media houses, travel magazines and travel publications to send their correspondents to get a feel for Destination Kenya and meet some if not all of the 120 exhibitors who are expected to sign up for the event, interact with exhibition visitors and of course the buyers who are expected to sign major contracts for safaris and beach holidays with their Kenyan counterparts.
Partner countries Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi will be standing by Kenya to offer their support for the event and other tourism boards expected to exhibit are once again from the Seychelles, South Africa, Zimbabwe and India which drew large crowds last year. Additional African tourism boards are also expected to come to Nairobi, both as a sign of solidarity with their Kenyan colleagues and as an opportunity to showcase multi centre safari vacations.
For more information on Destination Kenya visit mkte-registration to register and get the early bird discount for exhibitors.
Watch this space for future news updates on the Magical Kenya Travel Expo and related breaking news.
8 Responses
Wolfgang. I am so surprised. DO YOU KNOW that on your Blog, BE SAFE IN KENYA is being shown as the MOST CLICKED SITE right now. I and my small team of passionate people are DANCING for joy. Thank you for all your kindness and support. It is such a buzz to know people are really interested. God Bless you.
I actually did not know that, nor does it matter to me in any other context but to promote tourism to Kenya and the wider region.
THAT is my aim, to use the wide spread of my blog and my writings on eTN to do some good under these very trying circumstances.
Thanks to all who read my stuff and agree with it and I hope it makes a bit of a difference.
W.
Wolfgang, thanks for this reminder – shocking enough that this event is not published on the Magcal Kenya website yet .
As we all know, tourism in Kenya is regarded as the country’s natural asset so we would like to keep things in perspective and show the true picture of daily life here.
Kenya is recognized for its national parks and wild life reserve. It offer breathtaking views and a possibility to see Kenya’s “big five” animals – rhinos, elephants, lions, leopards and buffalo.
Kenya is one of the stunning and incredible places in Africa. But visit to this camp can be very costly. Still we want to enjoy the beauty of these places.
Which camp are you talking about Tom?
W.
I am talking about Rekero Camp