Kenya Airways' New Direct Route Could Boost Tourism to East Africa

For African tourism to be truly successful, it must move travelers from North America (and beyond) into a mindset that a visit isn’t a once-in-a-lifetime type of trip. Rather, it is something that can be done as painlessly as possible (replete with various cost options on the ground) and something travelers want to repeat year after year. To-date, East Africa has been difficult to reach from North America. While Europe and the Middle East, and, in some cases, Asia, benefit from semi-reasonable flight times, getting to East Africa from the U.S. is a slog. Sure, there are the well worn direct routes to South Africa, as well as Delta’s direct to the West Coast with Senegal and Ethiopian Airlines’ Dulles to Ad