NAIROBI - Ua hōʻike ka Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) i ka manaʻo o ka ʻoi aku o ka hōʻailona hōʻea miliona miliona i kēia makahiki.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Luna Hoʻokele o KTB, ʻo Mureithi Ndegwa i ka Pōʻalua, ʻo ka hapa mua o nā mea mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻike ana i ka hōʻea ʻana i ka ʻāina ua ʻoi aku ma mua o nā mea i ʻike ʻia i ka makahiki 2007, ʻo Kenya ka makahiki hōʻailona no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe loa.
"Ke nānā nei mākou i nā helu mai Ianuali a Iune (a) ʻike mākou i ka hiki ke hana maikaʻi aʻe ma mua o 2007," wahi a Mr Ndegwa.
Hōʻike nā helu helu mai KTB i ka hiki ʻana mai i nā mahina ʻeono mua i ulu 20.5 pākēneka i 403,996, hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 400,362 hōʻea i ʻike ʻia i ka makahiki 2007.
Ma 2007, loaʻa ka ʻāina iā Sh63.5 biliona mai 1,048,732 mau mākaʻikaʻi. Ua pilikia naʻe ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻāpana e nā hopena hui o ka hana ʻino ma hope o ke koho balota a me ka pilikia kālā o ka honua i ʻoki i nā kumu huakaʻi.
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā hopena o ka hapaha mua o ka makahiki 2010 i ka mahina o Mei, ua hoʻopaʻa ka ʻāpana i ka piʻi ʻana he 16 pakeneka o nā hōʻea ʻana mai o ka honua.
Ua manaʻo ʻo Mr Ndegwa i ka ulu ʻana i nā hana hoʻomohala mākeke i ʻike i nā mākeke e kū mai ana e like me Kina a me ka ʻāina ʻo (Arabian) Gulf i hana nui a me nā mākeke kumu kuʻuna.
ʻO ka hoihoi nui iā KTB ka piʻi ʻana o ka hui ʻana o nā huakaʻi ʻoihana i ka ʻāina.
"Ua piʻi aʻe ka manaʻo o ka hui ʻana o nā mākaʻikaʻi e pili ana i ke kumu o ka kipa ʻana me nā poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana e piʻi nui ana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia akā ʻaʻole hiki ke hāʻawi koke i nā helu kikoʻī.
Ua wikiwiki naʻe ka MD i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā mea e pili ana i ka ʻoihana e hoʻomaikaʻi i kā lākou mau hale hana i mea e hoʻoikaika ai i nā mākaʻikaʻi.
"Mai ka mea a mākou e lohe nei e pili ana i ka noho ʻana o kahi moena ke piʻi nei nā mea inā hiki ke hana hou aku," wahi āna.
