Criteria of Projects and Areas to be funded

• A significant impact to socio-economic development.
• Projects that are aligned to the National Tourism Master plan and also the counties investment plan.
• Must demonstrate Financial and economic feasibility and sustainability
• Substantial resources by proponents to investing the project
• A significant contribution to the transformation of the tourism industry.
• Projects in rural and marginalized areas that lack accommodation and have a demand for these facilities.
• Projects must demonstrate a bias to employing the youth, women and persons with disabilities.
• The projects must promote energy efficiency.
• Investors in the hotel and accommodation projects must have Hotel management background and / have a management company that will run the hotel on behalf of the investors.

The type of projects that would qualify for funding includes:

• Accommodation facilities
• Buildings i.e. eco lodges budget hotels
• Furniture, fittings & equipment
• Renovations and expansion
• Refurbishments
• Amusement parks
• Tourism attractions like Aquariums, Historic sites that need improvements.
• Accommodation in National parks.
• Tourism Finance corporation Investments/subsidiaries.