According to Nairobi-based media outlet The Star, August bookings are at an average 40 percent, mostly from constitutes domestic tourists.
Some hotels have completed implementing the travel health and safety protocols laid out by the government.
Swahili Beach Resort and Jaracanda-Indian Ocean Beach Resort are currently operational.
A large number of hotels across the region, with more than 150 high-end hotels, are however in the process of instituting the protocols with the majority expecting to re-open by August 1, when international travel resumes.
“The numbers for August have started to reflect but a number are those who agreed to defer their bookings instead of canceling when the industry was closing down because of Covid-19,” Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers KAHC executive officer Sam Ikwaye told the Star.
Diani is slowing opening up, former National Skal President Sylvester Mbandi told the Star yesterday.
Skal Club is the world’s largest association that brings together tourism executives.
“Now it is a purely domestic market. August is standing at 40 percent but we are praying and working hard to get it to 60 percent,” said Mbandi, who is also the general manager at the Baobab Beach Resort, said.
Baobab runs three luxurious properties – The Baobab, The Maridadi, and Kole Kole.
Baobab, Leopard Diani Resort and Diani Reef are expecting to open on August 1.
