Tourism players bank on tighter Ebola screening to rescue high season

Tourists waiting to be ferried  for Safari's after disembarking from a Cruise ship in this picture taken on 13 May 2020.

Photo credit: Laban Waloga I Nation Media Group

East Africa’s tourism operators are banking on tighter Ebola screening to reassure visitors and safeguard their most lucrative season of the year as fears over the outbreak threaten confidence in travel to the region.

So far, authorities in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have been reassuring international visitors that their destinations remain open and that they are tightening screening of arrivals to arrest any cases early.