‘New York Times’ listing of Mt Kenya to boost tourism
The New York Times has listed Mount Kenya among the top 52 places to visit in 2020, potentially boosting tourism establishments there.
The US newspaper, notes the mountain will attract more tourists for being one of the world’s last remaining tropical glaciers while its 17,000 feet rocky summit is favourable for hikers.\ Other attractions include grasslands, bamboo forests, heathlands and an Afro-Alpine zone wild landscape.
“A recent assessment found that permanent ice on Mount Kenya could disappear completely before 2030. Now is the time to go,” the New York Times says. The mountain is ranked number 40 behind Caesarea in Egypt (10), Lesotho (12), Egypt (17), Uganda (30) and Ethiopia (49).
Kenya Tourism Federation Chairman Mohammed Hersi said the ranking would boost the tourism sector, which in turn will benefit the hotel industry.
Huanshan City(Mountains) receives up to 67 million tourists annually and they have greatly leveraged on various products and opportunities such cable car technology, construction of steps up mountain and other automated ways of accessing mountain peaks faster, easily and comfortably as well as many five and six star hotel facilities, among others. The County Government of Meru seeks to create investor partnerships to put up such facilities on Mt. Kenya as well as open up Meru for increased number of tourists from the vast Chinese population.
