{"id":656,"date":"2017-11-02T13:05:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T13:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qxq.082.myftpupload.com\/?p=656"},"modified":"2022-06-23T13:13:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T13:13:45","slug":"the-tourism-industry-after-kenyas-presidential-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everbasedtours.com\/the-tourism-industry-after-kenyas-presidential-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"The tourism industry after Kenya&#8217;s presidential elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><h1><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The tourism industry after Kenya&#8217;s presidential elections<\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:-10px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#008000;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><div class=\"h5ab-print-button-container\"><\/div>\n<p>Kenya\u2019s tourism sector is facing another bleak year after four consecutive years of decline in earnings due to insecurity fears.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007,many beaches on Kenya\u2019s sun-kissed Mombasa coast were empty and resorts were half-full on fears that the violence that ripped through the East African country after its last election would erupt again when it votes in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Though no tourists were hurt in the fighting after the disputed 2007 result but the violence was horrific, prompting foreigners already in the country to flee and others to cancel bookings.<\/p>\n<p>Those fears, which are primarily caused by the Islamic militant group Al Shabaab, have now been exacerbated by new\u00a0protests against the country\u2019s electoral commission\u00a0intensifying after the first round of the 2017 general election.<\/p>\n<p>Tension still looms in the air mixed with a general of feeling anxiety after the second round of elections which was boycotted by the opposition. This certainly is not the most ideal environment for tourism prospects. However Kenya looks forward to more <a href=\"https:\/\/everbased.com\/\">tourism bookings<\/a> this year, both from the international and local market as well.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img alt=\"The tourism industry after Kenya&#039;s presidential elections\" 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