Nairobi, April 30 -- Central Kenya posted the fastest growth rate in hotel bed-night occupancy in 2025, signalling a post-Covid boom in domestic tourism and conferencing.

Hotel bed-night occupancy refers to the total number of individual beds occupied by guests per night, rather than the number of rooms sold at a facility.

Official data shows that the Central region recorded a 32.9 percent growth in hotel bed-night occupancy last year, outpacing the Coast, Nairobi and Maasailand.

The region posted 1,168,800 bed-nights in 2025, up from 897,500 the previous year, marking the sharpest increase among all regions. Coastal beach bed-nights rose to 4,938,900 in 2025 from 4,135,900 a year earlier, representing a 19.41 percent increase.

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