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Tourists in Kenya to get a rebate

Tourists flying to Mombasa and Malindi on charter airlines will enjoy a Sh3,000 ($30) subsidy in a new plan to boost Kenya’s ailing hospitality industry.

Tourism secretary Najib Balala on Thursday announced a Sh1.2 billion package that will from January see tourists offered a Sh3,000 rebate on chartered flights whose seats are 80 per cent occupied.

The planes will also be exempted from paying landing fees at Moi International and Malindi Airports in an incentive that will run to June 2017.

Passengers going through Kenya’s main airports pay taxes and levies through their tickets and it is not clear whether the fees will be scrapped to accommodate the levies.