Oil, water and solar eclipse: The tides have changed for Turkana. GRAPHIC/NATION
About 1,000 tourists have already arrived in Marsabit County in anticipation of the hybrid eclipse viewing on Sunday.
The
first of the tourists who had travelled by road arrived into the county
on Thursday evening and more people are expected to arrive before
Sunday.
A convoy organised by the Kenya Tourism Board,
Kenya Wildlife Services and the National Museums of Kenya and comprising
of local and international tourists was on Thursday flagged off from
Nairobi.
They spent the first night in Isiolo before proceeding to Marsabit early Friday morning.
Speaking to the Business Daily after
flagging of the caravan headed for Sibiloi from Marsabit town, County
Governor Ukur Yatani said that the eclipse had stimulated an
entrepreneurship spirit within the county.
“In
the short span of time we have seen entrepreneurs come together to set
up accommodation facilities and provide other essential services like
food and water to the large number that we are receiving,” he said.
He
explained that the local communities had also been mobilised in groups
to sell artifacts as well as being given designated platforms to
showcase the county’s different cultures.
So far 25
campsites have been set up within Sibiloi and adequately equipped with
sanitation services and water points for the tourists.
In
anticipation for those who would be weary of the long distance road
travel the KWS extended the runway of the airstrip at the Sibiloi
National Park in order to be able to receive larger aircrafts.
“We
are anticipating about 2,000 local and foreign tourists and it is still
possible for people to come for the siting because the airstrip is
receiving direct charter flights,” he added.
Those on
the caravan will have an opportunity to travel through the Chalbi Desert
to North Horr before proceeding to Sibiloi on Saturday.
This article first appeared on Businessdailyafrica.com
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