Kenya banking on adventure tourism to boost arrivals

Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua.

NAIROBI, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Kenya intends to showcase some of its iconic scenic attractions like mountains, tropical forests and savannah grasslands to foreign and local tourists keen on adventure, officials said Saturday.
Najib Balala, the cabinet secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, said that by promoting adventure tourism, the country expects to shore up arrivals and generate additional foreign exchange earnings.
Speaking ahead of a four-day hiking expedition in Mount Kenya, Balala said the ad ...