NAIROBI Basket Nike Air Max 97 France Pas Cher , Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to target Chinese tourists in order to boost the resilience of the tourism sector, officials said on Monday.


Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) chairman Jimi Kariuki told Xinhua in Nairobi that for Kenya, China is one of that nations that have posted double digit growth of tourists in the past three years.


"We are therefore going to enhance our marketing activities in China, in order to cushion the tourism sector from fluctuations in tourist arrivals from our traditional source markets in the west," Kariuki said on the sidelines of a tourism stakeholders forum.


He noted that China is one of the key markets that Kenya will continue to focus in future.


Government data indicates out of the 874,385 international visitors in Kenya in 2016 Basket Nike Air Max 97 Femme Pas Cher , about 69,000 were Chinese nationals. The number of Chinese tourists increased by 35 percent in 2016.


"According to our projections, we also expect to experience a 35 percent increase or more of Chinese tourists in 2017," Kariuki said.


He said that Kenya and other African countries are still not familiar to Chinese tourists and most Chinese prefer to visit cities in Europe and North America.


"However, over time we are seeing increased interest in the African continent primarily due to its abundant wildlife resources," he added.


KTB said that most Chinese visitors come to Kenya to visit the world famous Masai Mara National Reserve that is home to the annual wildebeest migration.


The tourism agency noted that the presence of direct flights between the Kenya and China has also helped to increase the number of Chinese tourists coming to the east African country.

" A sanitary worker collects garbage at the public square near the gate of Shanghai's Disney Resort. Photo: CFP

Shanghai's Disney Resort officially opened on June 16 after around a month of trial operations Basket Nike Air Max 97 Soldes , becoming the first Disney destination in the Chinese mainland and the sixth worldwide.


However, shortly after it opened its doors to the public, photos of visitors to the theme park acting in uncivilized ways have gone viral online, with images of children defecating and urinating on the ground particularly drawing public criticism.


Experts have called for the country to better educate people about public health and appropriate behavior, but added that the improvement of quality of tourists is a long-term process.


'Not surprising'


The discussion on public pooping at Shanghai Disney started as shortly after its trial operating period began in early May.


""Shanghai Disney's very first public urination occurred on May 22!"" claimed ""iknow-021,"" a Shanghai-based WeChat public platform that reports on local affairs.


According to ""iknow-021 Basket Nike Air Max 97 Enfant ,"" a 5-year-old boy urinated on the floor, and the boy, together with his two peers, also climbed onto a fence with their mothers taking pictures instead of stopping them.


On the morning of May 31, a 5-year-old girl was pictured defecating into a flower bed near a Winnie the Pooh-themed attraction with her mother holding toilet paper beside, ""iknow-021"" reposted on May 31.


News website thepaper reported Sunday that a small boy defecated onto the grass in Shanghai Disney on Saturday Basket Nike Air Max 97 Homme , the first weekend after the park was officially opened.


The reports garnered netizens' attention and the hash tag ""defecating and urinating on the ground at Disney"" has received 4.3 million views in Sina Weibo, with the majority criticizing the phenomenon.


""The familiar thing happened again. This time it just changed location,"" wrote Chuansuo Zhizao, a Sina Weibo user.


""It is not surprising at all. Many people use the name of their children to do the things they want but dare not to do,"" Sina Weibo user ""I am Zhang Yu"" said.


Who to blame


Parents allowing their children to urinate and defecate in public has been a controversial issue in both Chinese and international media.


Photos of a little girl whose parents allowed her to urinate next to her seat on a domestic flight raised a stink on social media in May.


An October 2015 incident that involved the child of a Chinese tourist urinating outside a Burberry outlet in London was reported widely at home and abroad.


""Children of 2 or 3 cannot control themselves, so when we go outside we usually prepare a diaper or plastic bag for my child Basket Nike Air Max 97 France ,"" Han Xinying, the mother of a 3-year-old, told the Global Times.


""However, some of the children in the reports were around 5, at which age the children already have self-awareness, let alone their parents Basket Nike Air Max 97 Femme ,"" Han said.


""The toilets in Disney are clean and there are plenty of them, I didn't queue when I used them,"" a Shanghai resident, surnamed Gao, who visited Shanghai Disney on Friday, told the Global Times Nike Air Max 97 Plus Pas Cher , suggesting that more signs showing where the toilets are might be needed.


""There are enough toilets at Disney, pretty clean and tidy. I think the quality of tourists is not something that the park can choose,"" Sebastian, another visitor to the Shanghai park, told the Global Times.


""Chinese parents usually judge a child by his studies, instead of moral behaviors Nike Air Max 97 Undefeated Pas Cher , including how they behave in public areas,"" Hu Xingdou, a professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology and expert on China's social problems, told the Global Times on Tuesday.


Uncouth minority


According to the paper, other uncivilized phenomena such as people throwing trash on the floor and jumping queues have also been spotted at Shanghai Disney.


""I didn't see children urinating on the floor, but I did see some people jumping queues Nike Air Max 97 Ultra Pas Cher ,"" said EJ, a netizen and Disney fan from Shanghai who visited the park on Friday.


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