Most of the tourists have left for their countries or to other destinations like Zanzibar despite most of the violence having occurred in small pockets in the country mainly in western Kenya and slums in Nairobi.

No tourists have been hurt and generally there is no violence in areas frequented by tourists which has left hoteliers facing losses in the millions of dollars on the migration that has been triggered by travel warnings by western countries.

. The Kenya Tourist Board had projected revenue for the first quarter of the year to reach more than $ 300 million and now they have whittled it down to around $ 100 million. The tourism industry which has been on an upward trend had by last year become the country's number one foreign exchange earner.

 This year it had been projected to generate more than a billion dollars before the political turmoil derailed the plan. Kenya has one of the world's top safari spots and it is expected tourists will come back if the political impasse ends. Most stakeholders blame the media images by the foreign presses which tend to give an impression the whole country is on fire.



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