Tourism sector is Kenya's Key economic contributer and has over the last 2 Years experienced immense growth.
For instance, the sector contributes 12.6 percent of the Gross Domestic Product, 14.7 per cent of foreign exchange earnings.
Despite the travel advisories issued by some of our tourist generating markets, the performance of the sector last year was the best in the last 15 years. The international and cross border visitor arrivals grew by 22.2 percent from 1,146,100 in 2003 to about 1,400,00 in 2004.
Tourism earnings increased by 46.7 percent from Kenya Shillings 25.7 billion in 2003 to 42.5 billion in 2004. This is no doubt an impressive achievement.
The half year results for 2005 show that Tourism has earned Kshs 23.4 Billion which is an increase of Kshs 3.7 billion compared to last year's results.
The number of tourists visiting Kenya has increased by 10.5 percent with emarging markets in India, Japan, USA and China leading. The sector has so far created 168,000 formal jobs and over 3 Million indirect jobs.
Memorable wildlife safaris, eco-tourism, cultural tourism, sports tourism, businness tourism and an individual tourism are Kenya's major attractions.
For more information on tourism visit Kenya Tourism Board website www.magicalkenya.com
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