Kenya angry at US travel alert Last week David Scowsill, president and chief executive of the World Travel and Tourism Council, speaking to Telegraph Travel from the Kenyan capital, also called for foreign governments and holidaymakers to stand by the country. "Travel and tourism accounts for 12.5 per cent of Kenya's GDP, and 600,000 of its citizens rely on it to earn a living," he said. Governments must avoid issuing unhelpful blanket warnings against travel to the country, and potential visitors should realise that this is a one-off incident that is only affecting a tiny part of one city. At least 67 people are known to have been killed in the attack, including more than 50 Kenyans, and citizens from Britain, France, China, Ghana, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Peru and the Netherlands.