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Tourism players have re-affirmed country’s resilience to security challenges and reported good business ahead for the sector at the Outbound Travel Mart (OTM) tourism fair that ended in India over the weekend.

Kenya’s exhibition stand was voted the best decorated stand in the three-day event held in Bombay exhibition centre and attended by over 1,500 exhibitors.

The Kenyan stand was decorated with diverse tourism attraction images with beach, culture and wildlife standing out as iconic products the country is known for.

Kenya’s tourism marketer, Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) at the same time projected a 15% growth in the market that recorded 125,032 arrivals last year.

Over ten travel companies representing Kenya hinted on good prospects ahead in the season with positive inquiries and booking for travel.

“Indeed this year’s OTM has been the best, we have been able to close deals and prospects from this market is encouraging. We have been able to confirm bookings as early as March,” says Shian Tours and Travel Sales and Business Development Manager Mukami Kavindah.

African Trotters Expedition Managing Director Martin Mungai said Kenya is in the priority list of travel sales agents and confirmed over 400 delegates scheduled to visit Kenya in August for conferencing and leisure tourism.

Bookings for conferencing comes as Kenyan is set to host a Meeting Incentives Conferencing and Events (MICE) roadshow in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore cities from 28th to 1 Feb 2019 as it seeks to create links between the India MICE agents and their counterparts in Kenya.

The roadshow will present an opportunity for Kenya to engage one-on-one with about 100 MICE agents on country’s authentic MICE experiences.

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News Courtesy Of Voyages Afriq