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A bedroom at the Nyali golf view residence in Mombasa. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]
Holidaymakers are increasingly shunning the traditional way of looking up hotels for accommodation whenever they want to travel the world.
Instead, many people now look for residential property that rents out on a short-term basis to travellers.
It can be anything from a house, a single room, a boat or even a treehouse.
This is what is popularly known as Airbnb, which stands for Air Bed and Breakfast.
Airbnb is a lucrative business started in the United States in 2012, described as an online vacation rental marketplace.
The broadcast dubbed The Exchange: Conversation for a better future which featured IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva and Christiana Figueres ended after 23 minutes with most comments on the platform emanating from angry Kenyans using the hashtag #StopLoaningKenya .
Over the last three weeks, Kenyan netizens have escalated their criticism of the international lender, after the IMF Executive Board approved a Kshs. 257 Billion loan to the country in March which aims at helping in the mitigation of the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But Kenyans expressed outrage through a petition, claiming that most of the donor funds issued within the last year instead ended in people’s pockets.
Tourism Regulatory Authority announces fees & regulations for AirBnbs & serviced apartments
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The Tourism Regulatory Authority (TRA) has released new regulations on registration and licensing of serviced apartments, homes and villas. The regulator states that the new regulations were prompted by the dynamic and emerging traveller trends that have necessitated different concepts on the local and global spheres.
TRA is a state corporation with the mandate to regulate all tourism activities and services in Kenya. This is achieved through registration, quality assurance audits and licensing of all tourism activities and services countrywide.
The popular AirBnb concept of furnished homes, apartments and villas in residential settings are among the licensable accommodation facilities that offer regulated hospitality activities.
Govt Goes After Airbnb Operators
A holiday home in Nanyuki available on the Airbnb application.
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The tourism body is embarking on registering and licensing all serviced apartments, homes and villa operators in the country. Furnished apartments and private villas are among the licensable accommodation facilities that offer regulated hospitality services. They are listed in our 4th Schedule of the Tourism Authority Regulations 2014 and are required to be registered, inspected, and licensed by TRA before the commencement of operation. For members to be successfully registered by TRA and issued with the regulatory license, they are required to meet minimum requirements for licensing of such activities and services, a letter by TRA Central Regional manager, Moses Karanja read in part.