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Official: Barack Obama trip to Kenya to rake in millions

Diani Reef Beach Resort and Spa CEO Titus Kangangi talks to a British family on holiday at the hotel on Sunday. US President Barack Obama’s visit is expected to boost tourism in the country. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: A global economic summit to be attended by US President Barack Obama will shore up the country’s tourism sector with players in the hospitality industry suggesting the sector could rake in hundreds of millions of shillings.

According to Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) Managing Director Fred Simuyu, the hosting of the 6th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Nairobi will spur economic activity and benefit Kenya.

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