THE STANDARD By
Peter Theuri |
April 4th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
A bedroom at the Nyali golf view residence in Mombasa. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]
Owners of Airbnb facilities will now have to obtain licences and pay annual fees to run their homestay businesses.
The Tourism Regulatory Authority (TRA) says the move is aimed at regulating the fast-evolving accommodation and services sector.
In a March 1 letter to Nimmoh Homestays, a company that specialises in furnished apartments and villas, TRA said all members of the company that were undertaking the accommodation business were required to have registered with the authority by March 31.
Inspection of all registered units was to start this month.