Kenya fumes as Western security warnings drive tourists out

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta attends the signing of the Standard Gauge Railway agreement with China at the State House in Nairobi May 11, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya rebuked Britain, the United States, France and Australia on Thursday for issuing warnings about travel to the east African country, while hoteliers said at least 400 tourists had checked out of hotels along the Indian Ocean coast.

Kenya called the alerts "unfriendly", saying they would increase panic and play into the hands of those behind the gun and grenade assaults that have hit the capital Nairobi and the coastal resort of Mombasa.