County Government of Lamu in partnership with Tourism Fund has embarked on training hoteliers in the tourism sector on best practices to attract tourists to their facilities.

According to the Department of Tourism, CECM Hon. Aisha Miraj, 100 youths from Lamu commenced their training on food and beverages production in different hotels on Tuesday and will be expected to complete their training on 17th July 2024. Successful students will be awarded certificates. The CECM further noted that the training is meant to help the players in the tourism industry to up their game and help them improve on standards for tourism.

“This is very important because as tourists come to Lamu, there’s need to find the standards of hospitality very high and they need to find seamless service whether in the big hotels or the small ones,” Hon. Miraj said.

The Tourism Fund Board said they had entered into a partnership with the County Government to offer quality training to hoteliers on ways to improve tourism standards.

The training is in line with Governor Issa Timamy’s objective towards ensuring that local and international tourists take Lamu as their preferred destination globally. The Governor has also lauded the collaboration noting that it is geared towards strengthening the hotel industry in Lamu.

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For more information contact:

Lamu County Government Communications Office at communication@lamu.go.ke