The Non But Essential travel advisory is hurting Mombasa more than Tui Thomson exit…

It is now official that Thompson Airline the only charter flight from the UK into Mombasa will only come back in winter 2015. Allow me to state a few things. I appreciate the fact that Thomson was flying to Mombasa and they opted to leave and in addition they made dramatic move to evacuate all the tourists they had brought to Mombasa. Allow me to lay down a few facts so that we do not  get misinformed. Fact No1: Thompson flight was 1 flight a week bringing on average 270 passengers to Mombasa for a 7 or 14 days holiday.  Fact No2;  Thompson was using a few select resorts at the Kenya coast and many of the resorts were not even getting their guests . I can speak for both Sarova Whitesands during my tenure they left due to rates issues and they also stopped using Voyager Beach Resort due to rates issues. Fact No3: If suppose Thomson flight was fully booked all year round and I will even allow them full flight in the low season it means they will have brought 14,040 passengers including many who buy ticket only and end up in private residence and Mtwapa. Now the numbers of British tourists in 2013 was 180,000 + which means Thompson figure is hardly 6.5%.  The lack of Thompson flight is not what is hurting us. What is hurting us MOST is the Non but essential travel advisory making Mombasa and good part of Kenya coast a no go zone area for the British tourists. Once that is lifted then KQ, BA, into Nbi and ET will bring us load of English tourists into Mombasa some via Nbi or Addis . Tourists on scheduled flights are normally better  yield clientele. Therefore it is misleading and totally wrong to keep piling our misery on the exit of Thompson flight. What we need once security is sorted out which I believe we have now done so is to lobby the UK government  to lift the Non but essential travel so that a would be British traveller can happily and freely choose to travel to  Mombasa and Kenya coast.

10 responses to “The Non But Essential travel advisory is hurting Mombasa more than Tui Thomson exit…”

  1. Again I can only agree 100%.

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    1. Thanks pls share far & wide

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  2. Great insight Sir.

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    1. Thanks please share far & wide

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      1. elsie jamieson avatar
        elsie jamieson

        I think its very bad the way they r treatin kenya. I came home from watamu yest. There is no problems in kenya or mbsa. Nothing will keep me away frm kenya. There r terror threats every where not just kenya. Its unfair wat they r doin 2 kenya.

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      2. Dear Elsie ,

        Thanks for finding time to read my post. True it is quite discouraging but please keep promoting Kenya out there. It is a safe destination and one that will leave great memories In the minds of any visitor .

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  3. I couldn’t agree more. I was in Kenya May/June, with no problems at all.

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    1. Thanks Martin for having the faith in visiting Kenya . Please tell the world since travelers trust real travelers like yourself. Thanks for reading my post.

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  4. I love Kenya and it is such a shame to see what is happening on the coast. There are no issues with travelling and wish people would go and have a great time with such wonderful and caring people.

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    1. Hi John, Thanks for the kind words about our destination and so many people depend on tourism for their livelihoods and I hope and pray that we are able to get everything sorted out.

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