Kenya coast tourist numbers fall on Islamist security fears
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – The number of tourists visiting Kenya’s coast fell by 22 percent in the first eight months of this year compared to 2011 due to concerns over Islamist violence and the cost of landing rights in the traditional tourist hot spot, tour operators said. Alongside tea and horticulture, tourism is one of Kenya’s major foreign currency earners and raked in 98 billion shillings last year, just shy of its 100 billion shilling target, and up from 74 billion shillings in 2010. . . .
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