Malindi banking on waterfront to attract festive season tourists
Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi (in black T-shirt) and top county officials inspect the tarmacking of the World Bank-funded Sh67 million ABSA- Mtangani-GK Prison Road in Malindi on November 19, 2020. The governor also inspected the upgrading of Malindi Waterfront which will be completed by December.
Malindi beachfront upgrading project covers a distance of about nine kilometres from the Vasco Da Gama Pillar to the Sabaki Bridge.
Kilifi County government optimistic that the waterfront upgrading project will rival Ushaka waterfront in South Africa once complete.
The Sh80 million upgrading of Bunthwani waterfront in Malindi, Kilifi County, which will be complete by next month, is expected to attract more tourists during the Christmas and New Year season.
Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi said the first phase of the Malindi waterfront project will have parking, beach soccer pitches, restaurants, leisure park, toilets and an information centre, among other facilities.
