ABTA Kenya Update - 2 January 2008
Date published: 02 January 2008The main tour operators to Kenya have confirmed to ABTA that they are continuing to operate their holiday programmes as planned, and that 'normal booking conditions apply'.
The decision to continue with normal operations has been taken on the basis that:
1. Main tourist areas continue to be unaffected.
2. Tranfers to/from airports in Mombasa and Nairobi are secure and traffic is flowing freely.
3. Transfers have precautionary police escorts
4. There have been no reports from customers in resort asking to be brought back.
The affected areas are mainly confined to specific urban, low-income, high density housing areas, many of which are in the West of Kenya.
There is a heavy security presence around the City in Nairobi and all hotels are operating as normal.
All roads to major tourist attractions are open and tourist traffic is flowing normally.
Mombasa ferries operating as usual.
Tour operators are advising travellers of the Foreign Office advice and are keeping a very close eye on developments.
Holidaymakers safety is the tour operators' prime concern and they will continue to monitor the situation in Kenya and the Foreign Office's travel advice extremely carefully.
2.45 pm 2 January 2008
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