How To Make Some Cash During Tourist Season This Season
PL Lonely planet just named Nairobi one of the best ten places in the world to visit!
Expect this to bring in more tourists to Kenya - not just in Nairobi, but beyond. December and early January will be peak tourist season again.
Tungependa ku-make some cash from all the incoming tourists, but the problem is, where do you meet them? Are there tourist services in Nairobi? Or how can you make money through tourism in Nairobi?
Airbnb now has an interesting new option. Don't have an apartment or room to rent out? Airbnb now also offers you the option to host experiences. Miss Omuts runs an airbnb service in Nairobi and she gave us some details on all that is required kuanza an airbnb busines, Watch hii interview yake na Roy Kanyi: Is AirBnB a Good Biz?
Here are some ideas for experiences you can sell.
Run a cooking class.
Tourists wanapenda ku-learn how to cook a local meal. Ugali, sukuma, ndengu - they may be every day to us but they are a fun experience tourists can take home with them. Or, unaeza teach people how to pickle, sample local crafts beers, or make great chapatis.
Become a (walking or cycling) guide.
Take people on a walking tour through your neighborhood or a market for some shopping. Bicycle tours outside the capital are also popular. Some tourists want to take a hike up mt. Kenya need a guide. Many tourists would like to go run with a Kenyan marathoner. You can grow any of these hustles from a very casual side hustle to a full business, like Baiskeli Adventures
Create an artistic experience.
Offer a visit to your arts centre or gallery, music venue or host a musical workshop.
Offer a personal shopping experience.
Show off that Kenyan style! Niche guiding as a personal vintage clothing shopper or African fashion shopping can help you stand out.
Run a creative workshop.
Workshops to create something together offer tourists a nice way to get to know the people behind the craft and learn something new about the place they are visiting. Crocheting, knitting, painting, or making beaded bracelets or earrings. Personalised bracelets with someone's name on it will do well. If tourists can't finish them while they are with you, you can offer to finish them afterwards and mail them home for a fee.
Offer beauty and wellness experiences.
Tourists' pia hupenda kurudi kwao with a new hairstyle from the country they visited. Unaeza offer braiding services for adults and kids at their hotel or lodging. This is a great way to earn some income.
For an example of the kind of local experiences hosts already offer, check out the AirBnB Experience Page
From hizi ideas hope umepata ways unaeza make some extra cash this holiday season