Kenya to solicit more Chinese tourists
According to the ministry of tourism, Africa has not benefited from the outbound Chinese tourism boom due to a lack of marketing efforts in the Asian nation.
Kenya plans to launch a tourism strategy in February to attract more Chinese visitors, a senior government official said on Friday.
Najib Balala, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, told Xinhua in Nairobi that in 2019, Kenya received approximately 84,000 Chinese visitors, a small proportion compared to the millions of outbound Chinese tourists.
"We want to target Chinese tourists strategically because we know they have the spending power, and they also have the ability to come to Africa," Balala said on the sidelines of the release of the Kenya tourism sector performance report.
According to the ministry of tourism, Africa has not benefited from the outbound Chinese tourism boom due to a lack of marketing efforts in the Asian nation.
"So it is up to Kenya to package its tourism products to Chinese consumers so that they will begin to visit our country in large numbers," he added.
Balala said that he will lead a Kenyan delegation to China in the next three months as part of efforts to execute the Chinese tourism strategy.
"I will visit the cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to market Kenya as a tourist destination for Chinese travelers," said Balala.
He said that Kenya has already implemented a number of measures to make it easier for Chinese nationals to visit the country including the visa on arrival policy. – Nampa/Xinhua
Najib Balala, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, told Xinhua in Nairobi that in 2019, Kenya received approximately 84,000 Chinese visitors, a small proportion compared to the millions of outbound Chinese tourists.
"We want to target Chinese tourists strategically because we know they have the spending power, and they also have the ability to come to Africa," Balala said on the sidelines of the release of the Kenya tourism sector performance report.
According to the ministry of tourism, Africa has not benefited from the outbound Chinese tourism boom due to a lack of marketing efforts in the Asian nation.
"So it is up to Kenya to package its tourism products to Chinese consumers so that they will begin to visit our country in large numbers," he added.
Balala said that he will lead a Kenyan delegation to China in the next three months as part of efforts to execute the Chinese tourism strategy.
"I will visit the cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to market Kenya as a tourist destination for Chinese travelers," said Balala.
He said that Kenya has already implemented a number of measures to make it easier for Chinese nationals to visit the country including the visa on arrival policy. – Nampa/Xinhua
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