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Govt Launches Vaccination Drive for Tourism, Hospitality Personnel
The government on Wednesday launched a nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive targeting personnel in the Tourism and Hospitality sector.
The Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, Najib Balala, presided over the launch which started in the Capital Nairobi at the KICC.
The Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has partnered with the Nairobi Metropolitan Services, Kenya Association of Hotel Keepers and Caterers, Kenya Association of Tour Operators, Pubs and Restaurants Association, among other stakeholders in the sector.
CS Balala node that the COVID-19 vaccination drive is a major step towards the resumption of activities in the tourism sector which had been greatly affected by the pandemic.
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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Kenya Airways aircraft at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. March 8th,2021. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] .
Yesterday, hospitality players said the move by the national carrier will bolster efforts to revive the tourism sector in Malindi, Kilifi County, which until mid-2000 was the preferred destination for Italians.
In the 1960s, Malindi carved a niche as the ideal resort town for the Italian tourists, which saw it brimming with restaurants, delis, gelato shops and pizzerias.
The relationship between Italy and Kenya was, however, cemented by the construction of the Rome-run Broglio Space Centre in Malindi. But in 2008 a slump began to happen with an estimated 4,000 Italians who lived in the town migrating back to their country. Most of the estimated 30,000 Italians who visited the town stopped.