The Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has developed draft protocols on health and safety for the tourism and hospitality sector to guide its operations in light of complexities that have been occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The draft protocols seek to achieve four main objectives:
- Inculcate institutional operational and staff preparedness to ensure service provision meets World Health Organization guidelines and Kenya’s Ministry of Health measures aimed at preventing spread of COVID-19 virus.
- Ensure a safe experience for visitors/guests and service providers.
- Rebuild trust and confidence hence increase and sustain demand for holiday and investment in the destination.
- Implement enabling policies and guidelines thus provide a step by step process of a careful reopening and restart of business in the tourism sector.
Currently, the Ministry is reviewing the draft protocols with a view of finalizing the input as provided by the task force and stakeholders.
The final protocols are set to be released
on 1st July 2020.
