Tourist arrivals to Kenya tumble to 13.6pc over security concerns

>The Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) said yesterday it had set a more “realistic” goal of attracting 1.5 million tourists by 2017.

>The number of tourists visiting the country is expected to double to 2 million by 2017, according to the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB).

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>Kenya yesterday lifted the ban it slapped on tourism vans shuttling between Arusha and Nairobi through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), pending a review of a bilateral agreement signed in 1985.

>The government yesterday pleaded with Tanzanians, tour operators, and tourists, in particular, to remain calm as it seeks negotiations with Kenya on the fate of Tanzanian tourist vehicles to access Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

 Tourism and Natural Resources Minister Lazaro Nyalandu yesterday condemned Kenya’s decision to bar Tanzanian registered tour vans from accessing the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

>Government officials from Tanzania and Kenya will meet in Arusha next month to seek ways of addressing a row on the ban of Tanzania’s tourist vehicles from accessing Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi since last December.