The Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has announced plans to buy tourist police vehicles and beach cleaning trucks to attract more tourists to the Coastal region.

Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua said that thee Tourism Fund will be used to invest in the sector.

He spoke in Malindi during a public participation exercise aimed at coming up with tourism recovery strategies which brought together stakeholders from Kilifi County.

Among the key issues the tourism wanted to implement quickly included the expansion of the Malindi International Airport, infrastructure development, security improvement, cleaning of beaches, and lighting system, among others.

The CS gave the stakeholders a chance to contribute to the key issues they want to be implemented by the Government which would then be outlined and a report done as early as next week so as the process of allocating funds is done.

In his address after listening to the proposals Mutua said he had noted the concerns of expanding the Malindi International Airport, coming up with a masterplan for tourism promotion and coming up with a second port in Takaungu Kilifi County so as to attract cruise ships.

Dr. Mutua, in reference to marketing also said that his Ministry is going around the 47 counties to map up new tourism circuits.

The Ministry will embrace a new kind of marketing strategies at the completion of this exercise.

He said they will embark on a more aggressive strategy for tourism targeting the African continent as there was a huge potential than the foreign market with prospects showing more money was being made in that market already.

The CS noted that there is a dire need to come up with a strategy to develop Mambrui dunes so as to attract tourists who spend a lot of money to travel to Dubai.