Lesson for East Africa: In tourism, the race is not to the swift
Tourists at the Kenya Coast. Kenya’s travel and tourism sector is ranked as the most competitive in East Africa. PHOTO | FILE
Rwanda recently increased fees for gorilla trekking permits — to target high-end tourists and raise money for development of communities living around the Virunga Mountains.
Foreign tourists will now pay twice as much as before for visiting the gorillas, from $750 to $1,500, while East Africans will pay the same amount as foreign tourists, up from $36 — a comparative increase of 4,000 per cent.
