We are protecting African markets, UK says on red listing by MARTIN MWITA
The travel restrictions on Kenya is not in bad faith but to protect the country from the coronavirus variant, the United Kingdom now says.
According to Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP (UK Parliament) and vice chairman Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the UK is concerned it could escalate the pandemic with a variant, despite vaccinating nearly half of its population.
The highly contagious UK Covid -19 variant(B117 variant) is now reported in every state in the US and other countries, with researchers warning it is between 30 per cent and 100 per cent more deadly than previous dominant variants.
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Italy Tourism once again a Ministry after 60 years
February 22, 2021
Due to COVID-19, the country saw 273 million less tourists in 2020.
How will the 224 billion euro Recovery Plan be spent?
This is what the new Mario Draghi, Prime Minister of Italy has decided. Italy Tourism leaves the Department of Cultural Heritage (Mibact) and becomes an autonomous ministry headed by the former Deputy Minister of Economy, Massimo Garavaglia, of the Lega political party, a right-wing, federalist, populist, and conservative political party in Italy (currently without a portfolio).
The establishment of the Mibact Tourism Ministry dates back to 1960. For this sector, the acquisition of an institutional dimension marks the umpteenth stage of a journey that has seen 24 politicians of various stature and party affiliations change, until its abolition in 1993.
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Kenya Tourism Federation National Chairman Mohamed Hersi and Tourism CS Najib Balala.
The decision by the Treasury to cut the Ministry of Tourism budget by Sh3.42 billion has sparked uproar with hoteliers saying it would hamper the industry s recovery plans.
According to the Supplementary Budget released this week, the Treasury slashed the ministry s spending to Sh9.4 billion from Sh12.8 billion in the previous financial year.
Kenya Tourism Federation (KTF) National Chairman Mohamed Hersi termed the move regrettable, saying the ministry should be allocated adequate funds to turn around the sector hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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MOMBASA, KENYA: Mixed reaction greeted the government’s decision to slash the Sh12.8 billion earlier allocated to the Tourism Ministry.
Out of the earlier allocation, Sh3.42 billion has been slashed leaving the tourism budget with Sh9.4 billion.
Kenya Tourism Federation (KTF) National chairman, Mohamed Hersi termed the move as highly regrettable adding that it was expected that due to the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic, tourism gets adequate funding to help it recover. The new scenario will now compel Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) to scale down on its marketing operations, Hersi who is also Director of Operations at the Pollmans Tours and Safaris Company said.