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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to place a quick comment on the whole issue of tourism. In as much as I support the figures and allocation, there are one or two things which need to be looked at very seriously. At the moment, there are many other factors playing against the development of tourism. Some of them are transport and security related. Therefore, we might not want to look at tourism in isolation. At the moment, we are losing many tourists to our neighbouring countries, particularly Tanzania. France has been a good source of tourists for this country, but many of them are going to Tanzania not because of issues of terrorism, but because of issues related to transportation like roads. Even getting to the airport from the city centre is a problem. There must be very creative ways of looking at this. Our destinations should not be very close to the capital city. We are losing tourists because of congestion in Nairobi. A tourist may miss their flight once or twice and this is very negative on our side. If we made our destinations diverse and in different directions other than around the capital city or the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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