UK revises its Kenya travel advisory

The recent turmoil and upheaval in Kenya has kept tourists away, and rightfully so. The violence that has spread after December’s rigged elections has caused many Kenyan deaths and tourists have been wary to make the journey to the country. Most western countries issued a travel advisory advising anything but essential travel to Kenya be avoided.

Despite the fact that the issue is far from over, even the United Kingdom has softened its words about travel to Kenya, claiming only certain areas were risky for tourists to enter. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office revised its list of flashpoints to Mombasa Town and Uhuru Park, Nairobi’s Manthare, Eastleigha and Kibera districts, The Rift Valley province and Western Nyanza. And even if you do make the trip to Kenya, the advisory states to avoid large public gatherings or meetings.

Spokesman for the Kenya Tourism Federation Jake Grieves-Cook has recently said that, “all tourist resorts and wildlife parks were unaffected by the recent protests and continued to operate as normal. He said the city centre of Nairobi and the highways between airports and international hotels were all reported to be open and traffic was reported to be flowing as normal.”