KTB-CEO-Dr-Betty-Radier-making-her-remarks-during-the-stakeholder-forum-in-Nairobi-on-the-extreme-right-is-ATTA-president-Nigel-Vere-Nicoll<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\nKenya Tourism Board CEO Dr. Betty Radier says \u201cWe cannot emphasize the role of synergies and partnerships enough as we work towards the restart of tourism. We must continue to take advantage of the new opportunities in travel and also look out for emerging trends.<\/p>\n
For instance, the pandemic period allowed us to enhance our tourism offering a good example being the Magical Kenya Signature Experiences (MKSE). We have also been able to participate in forums and expos which indicates that preparations for a comeback are in top gear,\u201d said Dr. Radier<\/p>\n
On his part KCAA CEO Gilbert Kibe said that aviation and tourism are and will remain key partners because they are interconnected, adding that air transport is a great enabler for tourism and links people with the destinations of their choice \u201cAir travel facilitates trade and tourism among other sectors that drive economies.<\/p>\n
When there are restrictions or disruptions to air transport business tends to suffer and all sectors are unable to thrive. Kenya is lucky because our capital Nairobi is a hub for many airlines and the people are peaceful and hospitable, these are some of the areas we are leveraging on to grow the sectors\u201d said Kibe.<\/p>\n
On his part, Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka says that the tourism, hospitality, and aviation protocols have been important because they encouraged travel amidst many adjustments that the airline industry has experienced. He pointed out that it would also be important for the sector players to learn from other destinations and airlines to remain competitive. Kilavuka also noted that the forecast for summer looked promising but would not hit the 2019 numbers.<\/p>\n
The Kenya Tourism Federation (KTF) Chairman, Fred Odek lauded the collaboration between government and the tourism private sector at a time when the pandemic has changed a lot of the business processes in a bid to curb the pandemic,<\/p>\n
During the pandemic in 2020, the sectors synergized to create the health and safety protocols that have guided operations in tourism and air travel. In the same year, the destination received the WTTC Safe Travel Stamp in recognition of the implementation of the global health and hygiene standardized protocols. In 2021, the protocols were reviewed and standardized to suit the current scenarios.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nairobi, Friday,28th\u00a0January 2022: Key stakeholders in the tourism and travel industries have agreed to partner to significantly resuscitate the sectors which have been adversely affected by the restrictions occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. During a consultative forum hosted by the African Travel & Tourism Association, (ATTA), the stakeholders who included the Kenya Tourism Board […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-popular-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3417,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions\/3417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}