Coastweek Newspaper Vol 4 No 38 (September 18-24,1981)

Abstract

World recession and escalating costs hit tours: The world recession a rigid policy on air charters escalating fuel prices unavailability of new saloon cars for hire fleet replacement and an increasingly competitive world tourist market are some of the major issues with which Kenya’s tour operators are faced with today. Lamu divorce rate cause for alarm: Lamu ( K.N.A.) the number of divorces in Lamu district has reached alarming proportions and the Department of Social Services has been called upon to seek ways of minimizing them. Australian Navy to visit new week: A further unit of the Royal Australian Navy, the destroyer HMAS ‘Hobart’’, is due to pay a courtesy\recreational call at Mombasa from the 23rd of September until the 8th of October this will be the third visit this year by Australian Navy who have become popular amongst ships of visiting foreign navies-Shipping with Walters.