President William Ruto on Sunday, November 5, welcomed the popularity of Nairobi as the highest international metropolis vacation spot for 2024 by Lonely Planet, a number one journey information writer.

He stated that the award is a testomony to Kenya’s efforts to market itself as a aggressive vacation spot with a wealthy range of points of interest and alternatives.

“Our endeavours to promote Kenya all through the world are paying off. All over the place we go, now we have provided everybody – traders, innovators, creators, professionals and travellers of all ages – a compelling motive to go to Kenya. And now we have numerous such causes,” he stated in an announcement on X.

Lonely Planet praised Nairobi for its “distinctive confluence of worldwide cosmopolitan traits and conventional cultural blends, with an rising, evolving and dynamic youthful bent and every little thing else in between.”

The journey information additionally highlighted town’s proximity to wildlife parks, cultural heritage websites, and vibrant nightlife.

Based on the Australian-founded world journey information, Nairobi is the highest metropolis to go to in 2024, adopted by Paris (France), Montreal (Canada), Mostar (Bosnia), and Philadelphia (USA), which additionally made it to the highest 5 within the listing.

As well as, Lonely Planet ranked Mongolia as the most effective nation to go to in 2024, with India, St. Lucia, Mexico, and Morocco following intently within the high 5.

President Ruto stated that Nairobi is the “highly effective, important, beating coronary heart” of Kenya, the place folks dream huge and create a greater current and future.

He described town as “wondrously complicated, infinitely charismatic, profoundly fascinating” and “abounding with alternatives for everybody considering of studying, attempting or beginning one thing.”

He additionally stated that the award is an oblique affirmation of Magical Kenya as an irresistible vacation spot for these curious to come across a gorgeous nation going locations with a people who find themselves all the time prepared to have interaction all guests, purchasers, prospects and companions till their expectations are exceeded.

“We will neither tire nor relent in performing this necessary obligation of selling and selling Magical Kenya and Nairobi, our wondrously complicated, infinitely charismatic, profoundly fascinating capital abounding with alternatives for everybody considering of studying, attempting or beginning one thing,” stated Ruto.