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2021-04-17 16:30:52 GMT2021-04-18 00:30:52(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
MOMBASA, Kenya, April 17 (Xinhua) Kenya will rely on charter flights to boost tourism numbers during the challenging COVID-19 pandemic period, a government official said Saturday.
Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala said the charter flights Kenya is receiving signals the growing confidence in the country s tourism products and preparedness against COVID-19. I thank the marketers and travel agents who are working tirelessly to bring visitors to Kenya. I assure you of the government s support, we need to all work together to revive the sector fully, Balala said in a statement issued in Mombasa after receiving the first-ever flight from Ukraine to Kenya.
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.
The Moi University-owned textile manufacturer was revived by the government in 2019 in a Sh5 billion turn-around plan, but it was not until the pandemic that the real Rivatex showed up.
Managing Director Thomas Kipkurgat, in April last year said that they produced 8,400 masks in a day.
“As a textile facility, we have embarked on production of masks.
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Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated on the latest developments and special offers! Everything is running smoothly and we expect to produce enough to help in the fight against this pandemic,” Prof Kipkurgat told The Standard.
It was not only Rivatex that benefited from the mass production of masks.