CONGO AFFECTS TOURISM
NAIROBI. Politicians can talk, threaten, cajole and promise, prophesy disaster or speak with boundless confidence of the future—and it makes little difference to Kenya’s second-largest industry, tourism. But as soon as someone throws a stone in Durban, Kenya's tourism begins to feel the pinch. Worried letters from Americans and Europeans begin to arrive at the office of Mr Denis Mathews, general manager of the East African Tourist Travel Association. He said in Nairobi recently that he was busy trying to patch up the effects on East African tourism of the Congo revolution and recent events in South Africa. The result is that all the travel agents in the United States who deal with travel to East Africa have received letters asking them to explain to their customers that whereas the Congo part of -their tours must be cancelled for a while. East Africa is safe. This, in turn, is explained to the prospective visitor, and Mr Mathews is “reasonably optimistic" that 1960 may still be a record year for tourism.—(Reuter.)
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29330, 8 October 1960, Page 10
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