Kenya: To Go or Not to Go?
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 01.09.08 | 5:37 PM ET
That’s the question travelers are asking in light of the violence that has followed Kenya’s Dec. 27 presidential election.
“Despite the volatile situation, airlines and tour operators report few cancellations by tourists,” the New York Times reports. “But the impression that Kenya is one of the more stable African nations is fading fast. Scenes of migrating wildebeests and elephants in the Masai Mara have been replaced with news photographs of rioting in Nairobi, churches burned to the ground and citizens fleeing the country.”
Related on World Hum:
* Year Off to a Rocky Start for Travelers
* ‘Elderly White Women’ Look to Kenya for Sex Tourism
Photo by BrianScott via Flickr, (Creative Commons).
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
