Mombasa county will now be receiving  two chartered flights from Ukraine every Month after the county government of Mombasa signed a pact agreement with the European country as it seeks to reposition itself among the preferred Kenyan destinations under the sister cities program.

On Monday, the second chartered flight from Ukraine that landed at the Moi International Airport with 180 tourists, just few days after the arrival of the first the first chatter flight from Ukraine with 189 tourists.

The flight operated by Bees Airline, a Ukrainian Charter operator and marketed by Travel Professional Group (TPG),

Ukraine remains among the potential tourist markets with close to 3 Million tourists travelling annually. 

Mombasa County government tourism chief officer Aisha Abdi says this is its initiative through a sister cities program to sell Mombasa as a destination.

“We have unveiled a raft of physical measures to cushion players including extension of grace period on business permits. We have also suspended all hotel levies until further notice and a 50 percent waiver on specified taxes within the hospitality industry.” said Abdi.