Soapstone mining in Kenya especially in Kisii region is historical and its exploitation has been conducted from time immemorial. With beautiful carvings that are normally destined for the export market, the soapstone industry is one of the darlings in the Kenyan exports. Yet it has not been fully exploited to enhance maximum tourism revenues. This paper therefore looks at the links between soapstone mining in Kisii and tourism with a view of enhancing the earning from the mines from tourism. Using questionnaires for tourists, focused group discussion and interviews for the local soapstone miners, data was collected from 62 tourists and 102 soapstone’s miners during a period between January and June 2011 and analyzed descriptively using Statistical package for Social Science (SPSS). Results indicated that soapstone was mined and products made from it were mainly sold in the local markets. A major challenge for the soapstone mining area to attract tourists was lack of centralized museum for all the artefacts. It was also observed that the earning from soapstone was low because of middlemen who bought arts from the locals at low cost and sold them to tourists and made much of the profits. Tourist investors were unable to invest and enhance the revenue from the soapstone. Moreover, tourists also complained of sometimes low quality art work because many of the carvers never inquire from the market the nature of products that tourists required as well as poor infrastructure. Finally the tourists indicated harassments, high prices, lack of accommodation facilities and poor quality services if they visited areas with soapstone mining activities and thus they are discouraged. This study therefore demonstrates low linkages between tourism and soapstone mining, which limits full exploitation of the soapstone and low revenue from tourism. We recommend enactment of mining policy to protect the local and enhance maximum participation of the tourists as possible partners in the soapstone mining industry.