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The Pearl Of Africa Tourism Expo
by Airkenya
The Pearl Of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) that had been scheduled to happen between February 8th - 11th, 2023 is postponed to April 26 — 29th, 2023. The rescheduling of the event will allow a comprehensive engagement and participation of stakeholders. This POATE edition is particularly critical because it seeks to reposition destination Uganda through transformational marketing of all the country's tourism offering post the pandemics. POATE is an annual signature event for Uganda that offers a platform to market and propel growth of the tourism sector.
The Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo is East Africa’s tourism signature event that brings together tourism stakeholders to one ideal meeting place to meet and network with exhibitors, buyers, investors and suppliers of services in the tourism sector from all over the world.
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Booming Tourism in Kenya: 2022 Report Food Relief for 800 Families
The total number of arrivals in Kenya during the January –November 2022 period was 1,321,887, which is an increase of 74.5% from the same period last year. The destination has attained 70.2% recovery of the performance for the year 2019 which stood at 1.97 million arrivals.
Leisure was the most popular reason for coming to Kenya during this period, with 39.6% of arrivals being for holiday purposes. Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) arrivals contributed 26% of the total, with 344, 256 passengers arriving. Business and MICE arrivals accounted for 26.1% of the total, with 345,123 passengers arriving. On-transit passengers also made up a significant portion of arrivals during this period, with 67,087 passengers arriving.
The top five markets for arrivals in Kenya during this period were the United States, Uganda, the United Kingdom, Tanzania and India.
In the middle of December, Elephant Bedroom Camp under the Atua Enkop Africa banner partnered with the Premchandbhai Foundation and the Giants Group in distributing much needed food relief to 800 families in two communities;
1. lderkesi community - 400 households
2. Marti community + Ndonyololiai - 400 households
Both these communities have felt the effect of the drought conditions in these areas, and it was felt necessary to come to their aid. The food parcels, weighing 11 kgs each, were received with smiling faces and gratitude.
