The truth of the matter is we have lost tourists to Tanzania,people are losing jobs in Kenya

[MSAGA SUMU]

tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has raised concerns over the state of hotels in the country saying that lack of enough world class hotels in Kenya has made Tanzania a better proposition for tourists in East Africa.

Speaking during Citizen TV’s Citizen Extra show on Tuesday, Mr. Balala noted that while the number of foreign tourists increased from 1,342,899 in 2016 to 1,474,671 in 2017, the country has a potential of attracting many more tourists if hotel infrastructure and customer service is improved.

“The biggest challenge that we have as an industry is security. Our porous border with Somalia is also a concern for our visitors. However the situation is normalizing, that’s the reason why Tanzania did better than us is because their hotels are brand new and modern while our hotels are 40 years old,” he said.

“People are not just coming because they want a hotel bed around them. They want activities around their vacation. They want to feel the experience. They don’t want to come to the airport and be harassed by an immigration officer or a taxi driver or go to a hotel with substandard service,” added the CS.

While saying that the country targets to attract to attract 2.5 million tourists per year by 2022, the CS said that the government has engaged the hoteliers and agreed on the standards needed to attain the government’s goals.


Mr. Balala further said tourists should anticipate for better services at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after an impromptu inspection by himself and his Interior and Transport and Infrastructure counterparts Fred Matiangí and James Macharia on January 10.

“We have signed a three-ministry MOU. We started actualising it 10 days ago. There is training of airport staff. Improvement of signage and better handling of tourists by customs and immigration officials,” said Balala.

He said that the MOU clearly states the role of each ministry in service delivery at the airport highlighting that Kenya Airports Authority Managing Directory Jonny Andersen will be tasked with ensuring that handling of tourists at the facility is top notch.

Source: Citizen Tv

 

[joto la jiwe]

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Kama huyu amekiri kwa mdomo wake, basi Kenya hali ni mbaya sana, huyu jamaa ni miongoni mwa wakenya ambao hawataki kukubali kwamba Tanzania inauwezo mkubwa katika maeneo mengi dhidi ya Kenya, alikuwa na mdomo mchafu sana na kebehi nyingi dhidi ya TZ, na bado huu ni mwanzo tu, wakenya wote tutawashikisha ukuta

 

[Geza Ulole]

Wamebakia ku-count every travelier that lands in Kenya as tourist. Haha wale on transit!

 

[TEMLO DA VINCA]

Hawatakuja humu

 

[mwathadan]

As you can see Kenya's tourism is on the up

 

[eliakeem]

Huyu si ndiye aliyekuwa akimsema vibaya rais wetu wa awamu ya nne Mh. Kikwete. Yaani mimi nilishangaa sana, yaani eti waziri tu anamrudi kiongozi wa nchi.... mimi huyu jamaa nina bifu naye mpaka atakapo omba msamaha.

 

[eliakeem]

Tuone sasa ule uongo wao wa kusema Kilimanjaro na Serengeti ziko Kenya kama utawasaidia.

 

[TEMLO DA VINCA]

As you can see Kenya's tourism is on the up

Wazee wa maendeleo ya kwenye karatasi hahahahah ..mwenzenu kashasema mnaloose tourists nyie endeleen kusoma vidata hivyo si tuendelee kupokea tu mifwezaaa hahahajaja

 

[eliakeem]

As you can see Kenya's tourism is on the up

No news hapo, the stats show the recovering/reviving of the sector due to election and other political chaos. If you don't believe, take a trend of last three years.
What you are trying to show here is that the sector is triving to come back to the normal reading.

 

[mwathadan]

Wazee wa maendeleo ya kwenye karatasi hahahahah ..mwenzenu kashasema mnaloose tourists nyie endeleen kusoma vidata hivyo si tuendelee kupokea tu mifwezaaa hahahajaja

Data yenyewe imetoka kwa ministry of tourism....I swear Tanzanians are the most dumbest people on earth

 

[mwathadan]

No news hapo, the stats show the recovering/reviving of the sector due to election and other political chaos. If you don't believe, take a trend of last three years.
What you are trying to show here is that the sector is triving to come back to the normal reading.

Thank you for noting.....some of your fellow bongolalas are of the thought that Kenya's tourism is on the decline. Also to note the highest number of tourists Kenya has ever got was in 2011 when we had 1.8m arrivals compared to this years 1.4m arrivals despite being a tense electioneering period with some countries issuing travel advisories....now this year KQ is starting direct flights to the US let's see how the sector performs in the coming years

 

[Geza Ulole]

Thank you for noting.....some of your fellow bongolalas are of the thought that Kenya's tourism is on the decline. Also to note the highest number of tourists Kenya has ever got was in 2011 when we had 1.8m arrivals compared to this years 1.4m arrivals despite being a tense electioneering period with some countries issuing travel advisories....now this year KQ is starting direct flights to the US let's see how the sector performs in the coming years

but u also have to tell us u counted all arrivals as tourists.

 

[Tony254]

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Haya kila Mtanzania aende dukani akanunue mandazi mbili mbili musherehekee ushindi wenu. Nitalipa bill mwenyewe

 

[kagombo]

Wazee wa maendeleo ya kwenye karatasi hahahahah ..mwenzenu kashasema mnaloose tourists nyie endeleen kusoma vidata hivyo si tuendelee kupokea tu mifwezaaa hahahajaja

Kwani sisi tuna maendeleo gani kama sio data za kupika na tunaumbuliwa na IMF kila Mara?

 

[joto la jiwe]

Haya kila Mtanzania aende dukani akanunue mandazi mbili mbili musherehekee ushindi wenu. Nitalipa bill mwenyewe

Wewe ni miongoni mwa wakenya wachache sana waungwana

 

[Jay456watt]

Haha sijawahi kuona watu wanaopnda kusherehekea ujinga kama hawa maBongolala wa LDC...mtu atafikiri tz ndio inaongoza bara kwa utalii kumbe ni watalii million 2 tu..sasa Morocco na Misri watafanya nini sababu wanapokea watalii zaidi ya millioni 9?

 

[Tony254]

Wewe ni miongoni mwa wakenya wachache sana waungwana

Hio Inaitwa sarcasm kwa kiingereza.

 

[joto la jiwe]

Haha sijawahi kuona watu wanaopnda kusherehekea ujinga kama hawa maBongolala wa LDC...mtu atafikiri tz ndio inaongoza bara kwa utalii kumbe ni watalii million 2 tu..sasa Morocco na Misri watafanya nini sababu wanapokea watalii zaidi ya millioni 9?

 

[BlietzKrieg]

Haha sijawahi kuona watu wanaopnda kusherehekea ujinga kama hawa maBongolala wa LDC...mtu atafikiri tz ndio inaongoza bara kwa utalii kumbe ni watalii million 2 tu..sasa Morocco na Misri watafanya nini sababu wanapokea watalii zaidi ya millioni 9?

Hawa watu ni wajinga sana,
Ni vizuri wanatumia kiswahili so watu wa countries zingine hawaoni,in

 

[Jay456watt]

Hawa watu ni wajinga sana,
Ni vizuri wanatumia kiswahili so watu wa countries zingine hawaoni,in

Hahahaha thats exactly my thoughts...imagine if this forum was in English...watu wangetudharau sana na ni sababu ya hawa ...watz wanafungua thread za ujinga ujinga...for example
strongest currency sometimes cannot determine economy
The truth of the matter is we have lost tourists to Tanzania,people are losing jobs in Kenya