Cika wannan jumla: Sashen sabis na Kenya, wanda ke ba da gudummawar kusan kashi 63% na GDP, ya mamaye yawon shakatawa. Bangaren yawon bude ido ya nuna ci gaba mai dorewa bayan samun 'yanci kuma a ƙarshen shekarun 1980 ya zama babban tushen musayar kasashen waje na kasar. A ƙarshen shekarun 1990s, koma bayan da ya shafi ta'addanci a yawon shakatawa ya biyo bayan 1998
harin bam da aka kai wa ofishin jakadancin Amurka a Nairobi da kuma shawarwarin tafiye-tafiye na baya-bayan nan daga gwamnatocin Yammacin duniya. Gwamnatin Kenya da ƙungiyoyin masana'antar yawon buɗe ido sun ɗauki matakai don magance matsalolin tsaro da kuma juyar da mummunan talla, gami da kafa 'yan sandan yawon buɗe ido da ƙaddamar da kamfen ɗin talla a manyan kasuwannin da yawon buɗe ido ke fitowa.