Tourism has lost nearly $200m in revenue due to the covid19 pandemic. Here is our chance to help. Covid hit and with it came travel restrictions and lockdowns being handed out like sweets to children. While I could delve deeply on how that has affected the industry, I want to go in a different direction and speak to the local/domestic tourist. Now by October, nearly one million wildebeest will be in Kenya, accompanied by other migratory animals including gazelles and zebras.

The wildebeest migration - one of UNESCO's Wonders of the World - attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists in a typical year.

Kenyans have rallied behind the governments call to "tembea Kenya" to help the industry get on its feet but my question is, "at what cost?". We now have the chance to show the local hotels and tour companies that we can also spend our hard earned cash on luxury, we want to show them that we can be reliable customers and they should tailor their packages to suit our needs. While the majority are indeed towing the line, we have a few rotten apples looking to spoil the party for us.

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