Word: tourisme
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...would I use it again? In a minute. As long as you know how to sober the thing up (turning it off and on often did the trick), the 750NAV is a real boon to tourism, giving directions, noting points of interest (restaurants, parks, hotels) and generally making life easier...
...Kariuki, in Kirinyaga, the small village just north of Nairobi where he was born 63 years ago. The modest building will be both their home and their school until they turn 18. It is part of Kariuki's effort to do good and at the same time boost Kenyan tourism--by taking on a small part of a problem the government has been unable to address: dealing with 160,000 homeless kids, many of whom live and sleep on the streets of the capital city of Nairobi, where they beg, steal, sniff glue and commit violence as a means...
...from rural villages into Nairobi, where street crime, according to Nairobi Central Business District Association chairman Philip Kisia, has increased in direct proportion to their numbers. Yet little has been done about them. Says Kariuki: "The government cannot deal with street kids and hopes the private sector--especially the tourism industry--can subsidize government effort...
...Salvation Army preacher and a nurse, Kariuki started his career in marketing. After a decade, eager to work for himself, he and two partners bought Hotel Ambassadeur, the first property in what would become Sarova Hotels. As a successful businessman, he feels a responsibility to the lagging tourism industry; and as a new grandfather and community elder in Kirinyaga, he is conscious of the legacy he will leave. "In some small way," he says, "we want to contribute to Kenya's future. The children of today are the leaders of tomorrow." Sitting in the Ngata dining room with...
Many Boston city museums have been especially hard-hit by the attendance drop--even as tourism has surged almost 10 percent in the last year...