Over a month ago, one of Kenya’s prominent and famous mall “Westgate” was under attack by the terriost group Al Shabab. With at least 72 people killed and more than 200 people injured the whole country was in shock. Not only has it affected lives of the people but it also has caused a deep impact on the tourism industry in Kenya.  They have valued that around 200m dollars will be lost due to this attack. Tourism generates 14 per cent of Kenya’s GDP and employs 12 per cent of its workforce. The world travel and tourism, predicts the attack will cost Kenya’s economy $200 to $250 million in lost tourism revenue, estimating it will slow growth of Kenya’s GDP by 0.5 per cent. Kenya’s 2012 GDP was $41 billion.

Thus the tourism industry has heavily been affected by this terror attack. With 1.8 million people travelling to Kenya every year such terror attacks will dampen the growth in the Kenyan industry.

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