Coastweek Newspaper Vol 13 No 18 (April 27-May 3,1990)

Abstract

Inside this issue: Taxes hitting tour industry: Tourism is taxed in Kenya on such a wide variety of ‘Service’ that the Influential Kenya Association of Tour Operators (KATO) has now warned that ‘we may well price ourselves out of the tourism market!’ Kenya gets big boost from U.K. qoperator: Giving a big boost to tourism during Kenya’s low season is Airtours- the fourth largest tour operator in the U.K, ‘Future is with export zone: The Proposed Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in the southern part of the port of Mombasa may herald an era of Industrial production that may boost port activities, ‘Afivan championship: The excitement of the recently run Malboro Safari blinded the eyes of many with its glamour, and so it was easy to overlook that another Rally was actually taking place simultaneously, Tea trade enjoying successful year: 1989 was a very eventful year indeed with prices at Mombasa Auction almost double of what they were the previous year, M.S.C. ship off-loads ‘wildlife fund’ rovers: The M.V. MSC Federica owned by Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. Geneva now in Mombasa is discharging among other Cargoes three Land-Rovers loade at Felixstowe U.K, Coast hockey association is thanked on coaching support: I would like to thank for the support we have been getting from coast Hockey Association (C.H.A.) and especially from its chairman Agnello D’Souza and all Mombasa clubs -Baobab Mombasa Youngsters and Mombasa Institute