2025 has started off strong for us here at STTA and we would like to share a rundown of our triumphs and activities with you. Click here to read our 2025 Q1 Newsletter To keep up to date with our upcoming events visit events.sttakenya.org or Follow us on social media @sttakenya or @sttafrica
With each new year, we are compelled to look back at what we have done, and where we have come from, and do our best to predict what will happen next, and what we’d like to do moving forward. Things do not, or cannot stay the same in our industry if we hope to achieve
After a long and eventful year, 2024 came to an end, and with its end came reflection on our goals, what we achieved and how to move forward. This annual report highlights our key achievements of 2024 in our quest for a more responsible and sustainable tourism and hospitality industry. To get the report, please
STTA Launches First-Ever SME Climate Toolkit for the Tourism Industry Wednesday, 11 September 2024, Nairobi, Kenya Sustainable Travel and Tourism Africa, a leader in sustainable business solutions, today launched a Climate Action Plan Toolkit for MSMEs in tourism in Kenya. This groundbreaking toolkit is the first of its kind, specifically designed to empower small and medium-sized
Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. Ibn Battuta Join the #STTABootcampSeries in Rwanda: Exploring Community Development through Tourism Dates: October 14-19, 2024Location: Red Rocks Initiative for Sustainable Development, Nkotsi, Rwanda The #STTABootcampSeries is returning to Rwanda for the third time, bringing together passionate individuals to explore and engage with community development
The following are insights from Judy based on her recent trip to the Mara: “My most recent trip to Masai mara provided opportunity for engagement with community. During this engagement, my knowledgeable hosts, reminded me that tourism mega data is not fully representative of impact / value of tourism, especially integrated community tourism. I met
We are honoured to share that we were involved in the process of making of the Nairobi City County Tourism Policy. We took part in the first workshop for the development of a zero draft on April 18 held at Henessis Hotel and the second review workshop on May 18 2024 at Best Western Plus
ITS OFFICIAL! We are pleased to share that we have officially embarked on a journey to understand our footprint by launching our first Climate Action Plan. This plan is our climate accountability document that aims to reduce our footprint by 50% by 2030. The climate action plan is a public document that can be accessed
Heritage should be preserved for future generation, not only historical heritage but heritage that happens today that have significance for the future. Sustainable Travel and Tourism Africa has a strong appreciation for heritage and promotion of heritage. As a result of this, we received a life size drawing of Satao, one of the largest elephants
The Sustainable Travel and Tourism Africa conducted a rapid assessment to determine the number of counties that have developed their tourism policies since devolution of tourism in Kenya. A desktop research was used to obtain this information from the website and using databases from Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) and Kenya
Since the beginning of 2024, we introduced monthly webinars exploring various issues in the tourism industry. Our 5th webinar will look at the shifts from reporting to story telling and how destinations can transform their identities through story telling and more. Join us as delve into this topic. The webinar will be hosted by
Several diverse and immersive experiences have been organized by Travel4Purpose in collaboration with Sustainable Travel and Tourism Africa to enable you explore the various experiences available in Mombasa during the Summit. The Travel4Purpose Mombasa Trips include: 1) Nature Walk with Giraffes: https://travel4purpose.com/tour/picnic-walk-with-giraffes/ this experience allows you to get really close to freely roaming giraffes while
