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Apr
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Kenyan tour guides take COVID-19 vaccine in hopes of tourism revival

Kenyan tour guides take COVID-19 vaccine in hopes of tourism revival

COVID-19
AROUND 250 tour guides from Kenya's famed national parks lined up in downtown Nairobi yesterday to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, as part of a government effort to revive the tourism sector that has been battered by the pandemic. The vaccination drive comes ahead of the annual wildebeest migration across the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The migration typically draws several hundred thousand international visitors but last year drew a far smaller number of local tourists. Kenya's tourism sector lost close to $1 billion in revenue between January and October of last year, when the number of foreign visitors plunged by two…
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Aug
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Kenya’s famed wildebeest migration begins without foreign tourist crowds

Kenya’s famed wildebeest migration begins without foreign tourist crowds

ENVIRONMENT
JACKSON NJEHIA  NORMALLY, the magnificent plains of Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve are crowded with international tourists hoping to see a lion hunt during the annual wildebeest migration - but this year COVID-19 means Kenyans had it all to themselves. That's good news for animal watchers but bad for conservationists who rely on the funds to pay for rangers and protection. By June, Kenya had already lost 80 billion Kenyan shillings ($740 million)in tourism revenue, about half of last year's total, due to the coronavirus crisis. This weekend, thousands of mostly Kenyan visitors travelled to the park to witness the…
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Aug
02
2020
By The African Mirror
‘No tourist, no dollar’: Pandemic decimates livelihoods of Kenya’s Maasai

‘No tourist, no dollar’: Pandemic decimates livelihoods of Kenya’s Maasai

NEWS
NITA BHALLA FOR more than 50 years, Loiman Letolo, 70, has peddled her colourful beaded necklaces and bracelets to safari-goers at the entrance gates to Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve. As the annual "Great Migration" of millions of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles into the Mara's vast savannah gets underway, Letolo would normally be earning $50 a day from the droves of binocular-wielding tourists in their open-top jeeps. The COVID-19 pandemic has, however, put a stop to that. Instead, the grandmother of eight - wrapped in a vivid red "shuka", or shawl, and wearing a face mask - queues with scores…
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