tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77788459055417888982024-03-13T20:46:05.671-07:00Northern Circuit AdventureNorthern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-32682174019893825112023-02-24T23:45:00.000-08:002023-02-24T23:45:56.347-08:00Tanzania President appoints new Tourism Minister<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuaYfAaJE9UcguYniuvIwx8l83SGl7pK6VXFJUMS9QmJLw-Ug48a_eKfeSBUfhXc035qSax4Vqb8J_HcqFzwqnoycS7p4mRHmEZOMKD8syZoE8wXZ-RYnzhNQTS8jVvUsSW-7A7NHkXz17jp4U1XHYdQl7D1ePN5CGLs3at32ZcCAP8d8QAIV_dzm/s554/wzr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="554" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuaYfAaJE9UcguYniuvIwx8l83SGl7pK6VXFJUMS9QmJLw-Ug48a_eKfeSBUfhXc035qSax4Vqb8J_HcqFzwqnoycS7p4mRHmEZOMKD8syZoE8wXZ-RYnzhNQTS8jVvUsSW-7A7NHkXz17jp4U1XHYdQl7D1ePN5CGLs3at32ZcCAP8d8QAIV_dzm/s320/wzr.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Mchengerwa will be responsible for overseeing and supervising Tanzania’s tourism growth in cooperation with the government and private sectors.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan has switched two ministers in a minor cabinet reshuffle, appointing Mohammed Mchengerwa new Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism. Mohammed Mchengerwa swapped the Tourism Minister position with Dr. Pindi Chana who has been appointed to the Ministry of Culture, Arts, and Sports to take the ministerial position once held by Mr. Mchengerwa.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Chana held the Tourism Minister portfolio for about 11 months since her appointment in March of last year. President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has also shifted Dr. Hassan Abbasi, Permanent Secretary of Culture, Arts and Sports to the Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources. The Tanzanian president made the changes this week.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Abbasi who also worked as Chief Government Spokesperson, then permanent secretary at the Ministry of Culture, is taking over Professor Eliamani Sedoyeka in the Ministry of Tourism. In his new post, Mr. Mchengerwa will be responsible for overseeing and supervising Tanzania’s tourism growth in cooperation with the government and private sectors, both in the national and international arenas. He will also be responsible for supervising and taking a leading role in wildlife conservation and protection in Tanzania, with that being the key area falling under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Other areas in quick need of action are the conservation and development of heritage sites, including historical, cultural, and geographical sites identified and marked for tourism development, among them is the Olduvai Gorge excavation sites where the skull of the early man was discovered in 1959 by the world’s famous archaeologist, Dr. Louis Leakey and his wife Mary.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The other such important excavation site is Tendaguru in southern Tanzania, where remains of dinosaurs were discovered. Tanzania ranks high among African tourist destinations with its rich wildlife resources, attractive historical sites, geographical features, warm beaches along the Indian Ocean, and rich cultural heritage sites.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Tanzanian government has increased the number of wildlife parks conserved and protected for photographic safaris from 16 to 22 parks, making it one of the leading African states to own a big number of protected wildlife parks for photographic safaris.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The newly appointed Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism will be responsible for overseeing the development of tourism in Tanzania welcoming about 1.5 million tourists per year, with revenues of US $2.6 billion and contributing 17.6 % to Tanzania’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Tanzania aims to attract five million tourists by the year 2025, with expected earnings of US$6.</p>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-36907300630738191492021-06-21T02:51:00.002-07:002021-06-21T02:51:48.571-07:00Tanzania: President Samia Lifts Tourism Sector<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWF5RWXyu8GxZM3_6RFDPTDfdkB3nR_Hhr83VrWyAsN4U4rds9yWCi3LW6gFyK7Eo2BUJqvGjPbFT-gSK1EXEbQS-3GbZGFmh32ecJcu3fAS04MRIaHSauLjhagj_WuixHGGM4s7bitE/s960/A3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWF5RWXyu8GxZM3_6RFDPTDfdkB3nR_Hhr83VrWyAsN4U4rds9yWCi3LW6gFyK7Eo2BUJqvGjPbFT-gSK1EXEbQS-3GbZGFmh32ecJcu3fAS04MRIaHSauLjhagj_WuixHGGM4s7bitE/w545-h303/A3.jpg" width="545" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">TOURISM sector prospects look brighter owing to President Samia Suluhu Hassan's new approach to tackling the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">According to sources from within the multi-billion dollar sector, the country is now set to receive many foreign tourists, some of whom had earlier cancelled their visits due to Coronavirus protocols that have greatly affected the world socially and economically.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The positive trend comes after President Samia said her government would intensify measures against the pandemic while calling for precautionary moves in all spheres. Most importantly, the President's move to form a special committee to look at the issue and accordingly advise the government has been highly commended by tourism stakeholders.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Recently, the Committee presented its report to the President. And in the wake of the report, the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) has come out to convey a message of great optimism, with huge confidence in rejuvenation in one of the important sectors in the country's economy.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">TATO Chairman, Mr Wilbard Chambulo, noted that as the Committee led by Professor Said Aboud presented its report to President Samia at the State House in Dar es Salaam on May 17th this year, the tourism sector received a huge boost and it looks forward to receiving many foreign visitors.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In her remarks in April, President Samia said that Tanzania was not an isolated country hence it had to go with others. She then formed a Special Committee that looked at the whole issue and came up with at least 19 recommendations.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">President Samia has also spoken about tourism in the past, saying that during the Covid-19 pandemic Tanzania stood out from almost all other countries, with the East African nation receiving many foreign tourists because other parts of the world were under lockdown.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, President Samia insisted, it was necessary to assess the situation and come out with findings of how the country could go about in the future so that the tourists maintain trust in Tanzania and come back more. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has since welcomed Tanzania's Covid -19 Committee's recommendations.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said this week that WHO is committed to help countries end the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">President Samia welcomed the recommendation of the Special Committee to intensify Tanzania's response to the Covid- 19 pandemic. However, the president warned that the country would not be receiving everything brought to it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">TATO's Chambulo said that the report has had a great and positive effect in the sector that has been widely affected worldwide, noting that there are good tourism business prospects now, adding that what is pertinent now is the implementation of what is included in the report.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"You know, when the report was out, we had time to share it with our foreign tourist agents in different countries and it was like opening them up again and restoring trust in us, trust in Tanzania, so the bookings are now on and they will be flocking in," said Mr Chambulo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mr Chambulo said the report has been issued at an opportune time as Tanzania is gearing towards tourism season (high season) this June that goes on until sometime in October and beyond.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">TATO Board of Directors' member Ms Francisca Masika noted that tourists making bookings are the ones who had cancelled or postponed their visits during the Covid-19 stretch.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"Those who had cancelled or postponed their tourism in Tanzania due to Covid-19 are now back in the booking records; they have decided to come to Tanzania.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">They contacted us and said that now we are in the right direction and they are ready to come. We commend President Samia for her right moves," said Ms Masika.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The high season is normally from June to October when wildlife viewing is generally at its best.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The wildebeest migration in the Serengeti is usually during June and July and the time to see the wildebeest calving is from late January to February. The southern and western circuit parks are best visited during the dry season (June to October), unlike the more popular northern circuit parks that can be visited all year round.</p>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-65604166198106900832021-04-29T02:02:00.001-07:002021-04-29T02:02:56.507-07:00Tanzania: Tourism Industry Excited About President Samia's Pledge On the Sector<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHA2-ADCyNu95fAp0-8KfsGZj4aJjeCMUbKRGquxBzuuoPLnY47yIOzpzoPmv6Q4-L9B0ijEOY6QedXohaYrJ-IUNxE5WGQjVI3CuOp0y9oXKw7p5iIQofo7t83E7xvyEeer5pkZ66d0U/s695/kATYA+-nca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="695" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHA2-ADCyNu95fAp0-8KfsGZj4aJjeCMUbKRGquxBzuuoPLnY47yIOzpzoPmv6Q4-L9B0ijEOY6QedXohaYrJ-IUNxE5WGQjVI3CuOp0y9oXKw7p5iIQofo7t83E7xvyEeer5pkZ66d0U/w498-h331/kATYA+-nca.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><b>Dar es Salaam</b> — Tanzanian tourism stakeholders are now seeking an audience with the government to deliberate current challenges and find solutions to unlock the potentials of the sector.</span></div></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tourism was Tanzania's leading foreign exchange earner until recently when it was hard hit by Covid-19 which disrupted economic activities around the world. Earnings from tourism dropped from $2.67 billion in the year ending February 2020 to $876.8 million in the year to February 2021, according to the Bank of Tanzania.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The fall is due to the decrease in the number of international arrivals that dropped to 509,773 from 1,553,686 visitors previously. To revive the sector, President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday highlighted priorities of her government in the tourism sector including attracting investors as she made her maiden address to Parliament in Dodoma.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">She said despite the repercussions brought about by Covid-19 the government targeted to increase revenue collection in the tourism sector to $6 billion by 2025 by increasing the scope of attractions including conference tourism. Tourism Confederation of Tanzania (TCT) executive secretary Richard Rugibana told The Citizen that they received the President's pledge with jubilation because it showed her determination to strengthen the sector.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"The tourism sector has been adversely affected by Covid-19 with the number of tourists visiting having declined tremendously thereby affecting businesses," he said. He said that they were seeking a dialogue with the relevant authorities so as to share their experience that will improve the sector going forward.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"We have all witnessed that countries are currently vaccinating their people and therefore hope that they will open doors and allow tourists to visit tourist's destination including our country," he said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">For his part, Tanzania Local Tour Operators (TLTO) chairman Samuel Diah told The Citizen that with a view to improving the tourist sector, it was imperative the government empowered the sector by building infrastructure while touring operators and other stakeholders invested in the sector. He said there was a need to form a joint technical committee through the Public-Private Partnership arrangement to come up with strategies to improve the sector.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">He noted that they were calling on the government to introduce new attractions like new hotels and restaurants. "There is also a need to reinforce existing facilities to meet international tourist standards," he said. Explaining further, he said there were currently plans to restore Arusha as a tourist destination that included using mountains and forest within the city to start walking trails to attract day walking tours.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Further, he said the use of the Naura river to add value with stalls and infrastructure may enable tourists to use it as a trial during the day and rest along the riverbank in the evening. He noted that they also call for the introduction of bike ride tours in the city and at the same time use existing gardens to turn them into resting or leisure gardens for both locals and tourists.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-73770174552256919892021-04-29T01:46:00.000-07:002021-04-29T01:46:23.735-07:00Tanzania President Stands for Tourism and Travel Industry<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-75gHpcny-XFtK35omSHQbCX1jhrwjDQ8b5prs3oOOSYYJcXevOBqhdnbUOlWw0IZFqNmbr3OKnvLiGLOLJRUSElq1-P0o_z6XE4Z_1isScn5PRo7HVa59jAu8N5PKTPAdQsupis_Mao/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="554" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-75gHpcny-XFtK35omSHQbCX1jhrwjDQ8b5prs3oOOSYYJcXevOBqhdnbUOlWw0IZFqNmbr3OKnvLiGLOLJRUSElq1-P0o_z6XE4Z_1isScn5PRo7HVa59jAu8N5PKTPAdQsupis_Mao/w496-h311/image.png" width="496" /></a></div><br />Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan is taking serious steps to re-shape tourism through aggressive and competitive marketing strategies with the establishment of new tourist products.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">When addressing the Parliament in Tanzania’s new capital of Dodoma, the Tanzania President said that her government is now attracting more tourists through aggressive marketing strategies at a global level.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The President said her government expects to raise the number of tourists from the current 1.5 million to 5 million visitors in the next 5 years.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the same line, the government expects to raise tourist revenues from the current US$2.6 billion to US$6 billion in the same period, she said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">To achieve its envisaged targets, the government is now attracting hotel and tourism investments with diversification of tourist visiting sites, mostly the historical sites, and ocean beaches, among other sites once not fully developed to attract tourists.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tanzania will also identify strategic countries to market its tourism through existing diplomatic missions and embassies, with aggressive marketing of its safari products at a global level. There will also be a review of prohibitive taxes in tourism, aiming to relieve investors from taxes and revenue burden.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Conference, beach, heritage tourist products, and cruise ships are the potential areas that need development and marketing to woo more tourists and travel investments, mostly hotels, air transport, and infrastructure.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-44692278271290531322021-04-10T03:57:00.000-07:002021-04-10T03:57:36.965-07:00Actress Lupita Nyong'o steps into the Serengeti for the first time<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9qm6pipq0bIHf78rco1oHccJpvW3CJrrkrIjYiMF5B6_x4TEZNn67JZZh41-N-G1yBunXGHCPEJHbeWAC6Hi-lraEKmF13xSrs8WcLuVXmRTDTUyHaoI2jIXacMaXP19Y0uXReYEz_w/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1160" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9qm6pipq0bIHf78rco1oHccJpvW3CJrrkrIjYiMF5B6_x4TEZNn67JZZh41-N-G1yBunXGHCPEJHbeWAC6Hi-lraEKmF13xSrs8WcLuVXmRTDTUyHaoI2jIXacMaXP19Y0uXReYEz_w/w572-h248/image.png" width="572" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Serengeti</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> — Actress Lupita Nyong'o has on April 5, 2021, revealed that she has finally stepped into the Serengeti National Park for the first time.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">She posted a selfie with an elephant on her Instagram account captioned 'This is not a zoom background, I promise!' with a hashtag '#elphie in the Serengeti'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Mexican-born Kenyan actress and Oscar winner are rumored to have traveled to Serengeti following The Discovery series dubbed "Serengeti", In which she is one of the narrators. The six episodes of the nature documentary has already filmed and edited before Nyong'o recorded her narration.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The show itself came with the idea of showcasing the region's natural beauty and its heritage to viewers in Africa. On Lupita's Instagram story, she showed videos of friends and herself in a plane as well as other videos of taking the Covid-19 test on arrival before being allowed to adventure the wildlife national park.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-76416290150750071742021-04-09T07:19:00.000-07:002021-04-09T07:19:47.127-07:00Israel Tourists set to visit Tanzania after devastating Covid-19 Pandemic<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dqJqND2qwTtd1Ok0DYlQlBIdA6jzhp7hiTpZTMluNgs1Nnx7hSyT2iYId-yp5CpGl7ao6IAsHzb4zBNhmPbFt21ck6dK_XYJGw9rsHZ9dY_pGpivqotoC5zmUXESCIw6YVqeJFZdoUo/s810/israeli.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="810" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dqJqND2qwTtd1Ok0DYlQlBIdA6jzhp7hiTpZTMluNgs1Nnx7hSyT2iYId-yp5CpGl7ao6IAsHzb4zBNhmPbFt21ck6dK_XYJGw9rsHZ9dY_pGpivqotoC5zmUXESCIw6YVqeJFZdoUo/w538-h282/israeli.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Arusha. In a renewed bid to woo back visitors after the devastating impact of Covid-19, 140 tourists from Israel will jet into the country next month. The contingent is one among several in the pipeline - thanks to robust marketing by the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) in the Middle East tourists source market.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">“We are readying to attract huge groups of visitors this time from Asia, eastern Europe, and the Middle East,” said Ms. Devotha Mdachi, TTB managing director. She told journalists at the Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) on Tuesday that a contingent of visitors from Israel will jet in on May 14.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ms. Mdachi said other groups from the Middle East country will follow in the coming months. In recent years, Tanzania has been receiving an average of 2,000 tourists from Israel each year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The TTB chief said this when she was seeing off 15 travel agents and tourism photographers from Israel who were in the country to sample the attractions in the northern circuit. Ms. Mdachi said besides the traditional tourist source countries of Western Europe and North America, Tanzania is now focusing on new markets in Asia and Eastern Europe.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“There is a growing interest in Tanzania tourism in eastern Europe, northern Europe, and Russia. The same is true for the Far East,” Ms. Mdachi said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">She said promotion efforts were underway to woo visitors from within the African continent and that TTB was using the Tanzanian diplomatic missions to market the country.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“We are getting a lot of inquiries from travel agents in West Africa. There is a significant number of visitors from South Africa and from within the East African Community (EAC) bloc,” she said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Shlomo Carmel, an executive of Another World tour company in Israel told The Citizen that his firm would organize flights for 2,000 tourists from Israel to Tanzania this year. The company is the largest selling destination in Africa in the Middle East country. He said Tanzania has lately become one of their preferred tourism destinations.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ms. Miri Eldar who works with the airport authority in Tel Aviv said they had been excited by the wildlife splendor in Serengeti National Park and the adjacent Ngorongoro Conservation Area.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“You have wonderful tourist attractions. Tanzania is also a safe country. What a wonderful experience”, she explained.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">According to TTB, tourists from Israel were estimated to be only about 3,000 in 2011. The number increased to 4,635 in 2012 and more than tripled to 15,000 visitors by 2016. In a span of a few years, Israel has shot to the sixth position of the leading tourist source markets for Tanzania before the outbreak of the global pandemic Covid-19</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The United States has been the leading source of about 1.5 million tourists visiting the country annually followed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and India.</p>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-70223215585915721052021-02-24T01:48:00.000-08:002021-02-24T01:48:33.376-08:00Tanzania government Explains rise of Fees in virus-ravaged Tourism<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMifR7VPf7AEk_BS4ULVy0V8_N3aueldOIkr2rZ5uSK13flHPnwkxpV0KhoVYSfqS40j69lDRe_V3_rfy0PcUSQMAxc0kbo_2yYdbjPHkek0rB0RVLMDCZIa-TvaGDVKfcb2DizLNtrUk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMifR7VPf7AEk_BS4ULVy0V8_N3aueldOIkr2rZ5uSK13flHPnwkxpV0KhoVYSfqS40j69lDRe_V3_rfy0PcUSQMAxc0kbo_2yYdbjPHkek0rB0RVLMDCZIa-TvaGDVKfcb2DizLNtrUk/s16000/image.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Summary</b></div></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The planned changes have somehow irked tour operators and lodge owners who argue that the fees will make Tanzanian safaris more expensive - and, ultimately, prompt cancellations of current bookings.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dar es Salaam. The government yesterday explained why it increased entry fees to four national parks, responding to an uproar against the hike from tour operators and legislators. Starting July 1, 2021, the entry fees to Serengeti, Lake Manyara, Tarangire, and Arusha national parks located in the Northern Tourist Circuit will rise from the current $60 to $70 during the high tourism season,’ and remain at the current rate during low seasons.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, the concession fees which are charged by the Tanzania National Parks Authority (Tanapa) to the lodges and tented camps located within the park borders will increase from $50 to $60 for Serengeti, while remaining at $40 elsewhere.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The entry fees for Serengeti will also increase from the current $60 to $70 while the fees in the other three parks will rise from $45 to $50.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The seasonal and special camping fees will increase from $50 to $60 in all four parks.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The planned changes irked tour operators and lodge owners who argue that the fees will make Tanzania safaris more expensive - and, ultimately, prompt cancellations of current bookings.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Their voices were echoed by Arusha MP Mrisho Gambo (CCM) who asked why the government was not considering halting the new fees to stimulate the growth of the tourism sector which was already hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-49113042211632856362020-11-03T01:06:00.000-08:002020-11-03T01:06:31.230-08:00France Tops in Tanzania Tourist Arrivals<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbGzg7w3cJcJlQBhXF3yNhHVr5DV3sjt3crNqgDwxhm6_Hub1npgcbO7yTQgXuR4ur76o36-g3rB9twE44lDBlSOgW5N9mFv-KP00u3fXWIOfLwj8a_6ssMEjJKDOyZbCHLuumh1gkck/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbGzg7w3cJcJlQBhXF3yNhHVr5DV3sjt3crNqgDwxhm6_Hub1npgcbO7yTQgXuR4ur76o36-g3rB9twE44lDBlSOgW5N9mFv-KP00u3fXWIOfLwj8a_6ssMEjJKDOyZbCHLuumh1gkck/s16000/image.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: justify;">Dar es Salaam. France has overshadowed America as the top inbound travel market for Tanzania since the latter re-opened its skies on June 1, after three months of the Covid-19 pandemic.</span></div></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Data from the Tanzania National Parks Authority (Tanapa) shows France is leading, overtaking the US in terms of tourist arrival numbers over the three months of July, August, and September 2020.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Tanapa assistant conservation commissioner in-charge of the Business portfolio, Ms. Beatrice Kessy, said a total of 3,062 French tourists visited national parks during the period under review, elevating France to the top - and outshining the US with 2,327-holidaymakers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Third, on the list of key Tanzania’s tourist source markets at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic was Germany - with 1,317 visitors - followed by the UK with 1,051 tourists in the fourth position.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Spain, in the fifth spot, supplied Tanzania with 1,050 holidaymakers, trailed by India with 844 travelers who sampled the country’s bestowed natural attractions.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Switzerland holds the seventh position - with 727 tourists - followed by Russia in the eighth slot (669 visitors); The Netherlands (431 tourists) in ninth place. The tenth was Australia, with 367 vacationers during the period under review. This implies that France has not only cast a vote of confidence in Tanzania’s approach to handling the Covid-19 pandemic; it also becomes a true ally in helping the country to revive its tourism industry in a bid to spur other businesses, recover thousands of lost jobs, spawn and pump revenue into public coffers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“We are grateful to French tourists for casting a vote of confidence in Tanzania as a safe destination. Their arrival plays a key role in spreading trust more widely, with benefits going far beyond the tourism industry,” Ms. Kessy explained. The feat has not occurred by default; rather, it was out of painstaking joint efforts spearheaded by the Tanzania Ambassador to France, Mr. Samwel Shelukindo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“My office worked day and night with leading tourism stakeholders to bring French tourists: the Mount Kilimanjaro Safari Club (MKSC), Axium by Parker, and the Tanzania Tourists Board (TTB).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“We organized several meetings with tour operators and mainstream media to reassure them that Tanzania was a safe destination amid the Covic-19 pandemic,” Mr. Shelukindo said over the phone from Paris.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">He said President John Magufuli’s stance to keep the country free from lock-downs - and to warmly welcome tourists - had boosted their initiatives. MKSC founder Denis Lebouteux said in most cases, French tourists have been flocking into Tanzania during low seasons when the country’s national parks and hotels are really hungry to fill empty rooms.</p>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-73735850547221214862020-09-09T08:36:00.003-07:002020-09-16T04:01:20.808-07:00Tourist Camp Blocks Wildebeest from Crossing Mara River.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8ikfDjWlIaX0Ed4rDqiyjMlamd_nv2-tX4z_z3pFMbGrkmmV9DIn19K0mBuomStxKeT4rEnDkh-yXrrwanc1Cq20b60TZ4x6DK1GdGI9l5r3LPven4mUkcubpvXGdobVoi38c1Ho3vw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="550" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8ikfDjWlIaX0Ed4rDqiyjMlamd_nv2-tX4z_z3pFMbGrkmmV9DIn19K0mBuomStxKeT4rEnDkh-yXrrwanc1Cq20b60TZ4x6DK1GdGI9l5r3LPven4mUkcubpvXGdobVoi38c1Ho3vw/w523-h253/image.png" width="523" /></a></div><br /></div></div><span></span><div style="text-align: justify;">The wildebeest migration is one of the greatest tourism spectacles that the Serengeti and Maasai Mara parks enjoy between July and October with thousands of tourists making the journey from across the world.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>IN SUMMARY</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>This year despite the outbreak of the Covid-19, this has not stopped the animal's migration as they search for new pastures. The wildebeest migration is one of the greatest tourism spectacles that the Serengeti and Maasai Mara parks enjoy between July and October with thousands of tourists making the journey from across the world.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This year despite the outbreak of the Covid-19, this has not stopped the animal's migration as they search for new pastures. But this freedom is being threatened after a video emerged of a group people believed to be workers of tourist camp in the Maasai Mara forcing a herd of the wildebeests to change their route after crossing the river</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The water pressure apparently caused a stampede and an unknown number of animals are said to have died as a result. Kenya’s Tourism Minister Najib Balala has demanded the removal of a tourist camp built next to the Mara River which is blocking the famous wildebeest crossing. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The video elicited reactions online prompted the minister to issue a statement. “I have discussed with Narok Governor Samuel Tunai, about the camp built beside the Mara River, blocking the Wildebeest crossing. It’s very disturbing and we expect the Governor to take action and have the camp removed,” Balala said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“I have also insisted that we need a Maasai Mara National Reserve Management Plan, that will not only enhance biodiversity but also protect our wildlife migratory corridors, from greed!" The wildebeest migration which is one of the wonders of the world is an annual event that sees over two million animals migrate from the Maasai Mara to Serengeti. Nature lovers have called it the greatest show on earth.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The wildebeest after entering the Mara, head northwards towards River Talek, where they graze and mate every year on their journey of chasing greener pastures. From July to October, the wildebeests move between the western and eastern sides of the river, crossing it at different points, almost daily, to the Mara triangle side of the reserve, and back to the greater Mara.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">There have been concerns over illegal tourist resorts in the reserve with animal lovers calling for their removal.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Maasai Mara Management Plan which was supposed to be ready by August 31 is aimed at controlling the flow of tourists and investments into the world-famous reserve in a bid to protect its ecosystem, is yet to be gazetted.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The plan will see the government shut down some tourist facilities and issue permits to lodge developers in a more controlled manner. Balala had visited the Mara last month and said the plan is expected to preserve the Mara and reverse the damage caused by high human traffic and commercial interests in the reserve.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-10576053701616980752020-09-04T01:25:00.000-07:002020-09-04T01:25:18.214-07:00Digital Registration of Hotel Visitors in Tanzania Draw mixed Reactions<p style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="THE BEST 5 Star Hotels in Tanzania of 2020 (with Prices) - Tripadvisor" src="https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/48/30/31/getlstd-property-photo.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Visitors who spend time in public accommodation facilities such as hotels and guest houses in Tanzania are now required to register digitally on the MNRT portal according to a new directive by the ministry of natural resources and tourism.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>IN SUMMARY</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) conducted a monthly survey of hotel statistics to determine hotel bed occupancy rate in December last year, which showed that the occupancy rate was 53.8 percent.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dar es Salaam. Visitors who spend time in public accommodation facilities such as hotels and guest houses in Tanzania are now required to register digitally on the MNRT portal according to a new directive by the ministry of natural resources and tourism. This, the ministry says is a move to get a clear picture of both domestic and international travelers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, hotel operators are worried that the system may have some privacy drawbacks on the part of some visitors.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“We have also read the advertisement, and we are only waiting for the right time when we can be better informed on what the system entails before we voice our reservations to the government regarding the system,” said the Hotels Association of Tanzania (HAT) chief executive officer Nura-Lisa Karamagi.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But, according to the acting director of Tourism, Mr. Philip Chitaunga, the system will treat privacy information as confidential, and that the government was only seeking to get accurate information regarding the number of domestic and international tourists in the country.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Hotels that would be involved are the ones that receive tourists, and not guest houses. The Tourism Act directs this to be conducted for registered tourist facilities,” Mr. Chitaunga said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">He told the NCA yesterday when the paper sought clarifications on the public notice which states that the Tourism Act (No 29 of 2008) and The Tourism Accommodation Facilities Regulations (Amendment) 2019, directed owners of accommodation facilities to register foreign and domestic visitors through the ministry’s portal by October 1 this year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Last year’s statistics released by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) show that the number of tourist arrivals increased to 1.5 million in 2018, up from 1.3 million in 2017. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) conducted a monthly survey of hotel statistics to determine hotel bed occupancy rate in December last year, which showed that the occupancy rate was 53.8 percent.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">He said that, for many years, NBS has not had official statistics of local tourists, while the ministry has been relying on the information on park gates to various tourist attractions. There indeed are large numbers of people traveling to other parts for leisure.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“This new system will integrate all the systems of tourism institutions that fall under the ministry, he said - adding that “the aim is to improve our statistics so that we can determine the impact of tourism on the economy.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">According to him, the system will start in Arusha, Coast, Dar es Salaam, Manyara, and Kilimanjaro regions, which are the leading tourist destinations. The system will finally be countrywide. He told Tanzanians not to fear the system, saying that Tanzania was late in adopting the system, which has been operating in many other countries, across the world.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">For her part, the HAT chief executive, Nura-Lisa Karamagi said: “We will know the good and bad aspects of the system after training for it. We work with assorted agencies, and they want their clients’ information to be kept confidential - and when they leave the country, it is deleted permanently. We don’t know how the system will work out as yet.” </p>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-21987735782001161692020-08-26T03:12:00.000-07:002020-08-26T03:12:13.869-07:00Mandatory Quarantine for Tourist Returning from Tanzania Hurting Tourism<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38mtaGe1gyXEZqyNi5-ZO_qsUBJGg3l0Fq3uCeCT1gpgTydqOLLvn5ADiITuWG5FLTORffVr9Y8MzjExzK7c6D5OFfTL-mXz-97Jgz3HWiQpnfqhzlpk1KPnCfkR3lCktPJRSknIqkVQ/s720/DSC01081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38mtaGe1gyXEZqyNi5-ZO_qsUBJGg3l0Fq3uCeCT1gpgTydqOLLvn5ADiITuWG5FLTORffVr9Y8MzjExzK7c6D5OFfTL-mXz-97Jgz3HWiQpnfqhzlpk1KPnCfkR3lCktPJRSknIqkVQ/w512-h342/DSC01081.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><b>In Summary:</b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Whereas Tanzania has lifted restrictions on tourists, in some countries tourists returning from Tanzania are required to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine in their home countries something that tour operators say it is hurting business</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arusha.</b> Local tour operators have asked the government to back their plea to foreign countries to remove a 14-day mandatory quarantine on tourists returning from Tanzania.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some company owners who spoke with The Citizen in separate interviews explained that the requirement to stay in quarantine in their home countries is a major challenge at the moment. The executive secretary of the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (Tato), Mr. Sirili Akko, said the restrictions were not good for the industry to recover quickly.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“We are very grateful that the government has done a very good job in the fight against Covid-19 and now tourists have started coming to the country,” he said. Mr. Shabir Mohammed said they, as tour operators, still ask the government to continue holding dialogues with embassies in European countries, the United States, and other places to continue marketing ‘Destination Tanzanian’.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“The method used by the Tanzanian government to fight the coronavirus pandemic is well known in the world at the moment, but there are still nations that do not understand us…. so there are restrictions on for those who visit Tanzania including a requirement for 14-day mandatory quarantine,” he said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Mohammed said that is costly for them as they are supposed to stay isolated at their own cost. The chairman of the Tanzania Tour Guides Association, Mr. Emmanuel Mollel, said tourists had not returned in large numbers as usual due to the impact of Covid-19.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Still the situation is not as good as usual and we think maybe in the future the situation could be better but if there are challenges, we ask for them to be worked on,” he said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, in ensuring tourists return to the country, the Tanzania Tourists Board (TTB) held meetings with ambassadors from several countries to tell them that Tanzania is safe. TTB managing director Devota Mdachi said they have largely succeeded in attracting tourists from different countries to come to the country especially after Covid-19 was under control.</p>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-29500595783188503732020-08-12T03:22:00.001-07:002020-08-12T03:28:40.794-07:00Tanzania It is Safe, Visit Now. <a name='more'></a><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Branding Tanzania 🇹🇿 (@tzbranding) | Twitter" height="552" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfJabtfX0AA1XB5.jpg" width="553" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>''Tanzania It is Safe, Visit Now. Safe Travel Stamp from the World Travel and Tourism Council.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Tanzania is indeed well-positioned to tap into the growing potential of the ever-expanding tourism industry. The Government of Tanzania re-opened its airspace for travel and together with the tourism private sector developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that all tourism stakeholders have to adhere to prevent the spread of Corona Virus in the tourism-related activities in the country. It is in the interest of the tourism industry in Tanzania that tourists stay safe while in the country and also the citizens of Tanzania remain safe.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“In this regard, Tanzania joined hands with other destinations to applaud the continued efforts by the World Travel & Tourism Council – WTTC in achieving effective tourism recovery through the development of Safe Travels Stamp and its protocols. These protocols advocate for meaningful actions globally, leading to a future way of travelling which is safe, secured and unified providing a meaningful experience to tourists as well as supporting the livelihood of the local people in tourist destinations. With WTTC endorsing Tanzania to use the Safe Travels stamp marks another step to our quest to present to you the safest unforgettable experiences. I welcome all travellers to Tanzania and wish to assure you that Tanzania is safe, open and ready to provide travellers with unforgettable experiences and hospitality. Karibu Tanzania!” </div><p></p><div><br /></div>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-29001458519880563852020-07-31T04:06:00.001-07:002020-07-31T04:18:40.196-07:00Tanzania: JPM - Tanzania Safe for Tourists<div class="separator"><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img alt="Safari tour packages by Northern Circuit Adventure - 7 available" height="432" src="https://www.yourafricansafari.com/images/photo/7483_gallery.jpg" width="576" /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">AS Tanzania continues to enjoy a growing number of international tourist arrivals, President John Magufuli has assured visitors that the country is safe from the Covid-19 pandemic.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The novel Coronavirus is still wreaking havoc across the globe but things look quite different in Tanzania, where everything, including social and economic activities, has long returned to normalcy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The country has done a good job in controlling the deadly respiratory disease, with Covid-19 cases significantly reduced and most of the special Coronavirus care centers closed as a result.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And last month, the government announced to reopen the country for tourists under normal and regular 'pre-COVID-19' border rules and international travelers have responded positively to the decision.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Speaking yesterday shortly after a swearing-in event of the government officials, who were appointed last week, President Magufuli insisted the country was safe and urged tourists to visit the country's attractive destinations of their choice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Right now, there is an increase in the number of international airlines that have resumed their flights to Tanzania, bringing in tourists," said Dr Magufuli in a live broadcast from the Chamwino State House in Dodoma.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">President Magufuli hailed the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and the Tanzania Tourists Board (TTB) for continued efforts of marketing the country's tourism attractions and putting in place all preventive measures against further spread of the pandemic, in line with ensuring the safety of all tourists.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"TTB under the chairmanship of Judge (Rtd), Thomas Mihayo has put a lot of efforts that are now paying off, this is a good spirit that all of us would want to see," acknowledged the head of state.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Tanzania is safe, that is why now there is no one who has put on facemask here, this is really encouraging," added the Head of State.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among officials who were sworn in yesterday was the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr. Aloyce Nzuki and the Deputy Permanent Secretary, Dr. Allan Kijazi, who is also the Director-General of Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During his speech, Dr. Magufuli instructed the duo to work hard, putting the national interest ahead of everything, as their docket is among the key drivers of the country's economy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla said in Dar es Salaam recently that currently, there are three airlines coming to Tanzania, naming them as Qatar, Ethiopian, and KLM Royal Dutch passenger flights, which resumed operations on July 1 this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"At the beginning, Qatar Airways was flying to Dar es Salaam three times a week, but now it has resumed weekly flights and it flies to Zanzibar four times a week," he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The minister further said that more airlines including Swiss Air and Emirates have also pledged to resume operations any time and this will increase the flow of visitors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Kigwangalla was speaking at the opening of Covid-19 Preparedness and Response to aviation stakeholders meeting held at Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) and funded by the Federal Republic of Germany.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the government came up with the guidelines to protect both the public and visitors from the Covid-19 pandemic as it reopened its airspace.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I call upon aviation stakeholders especially staff working at the major airports to observe the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)...you should not relax, because some of the visitors are coming with fear and stress, thus youth should build their trust and confidence by showing them how the country is serious in observing the required international standards," Dr. Kigwangalla said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-6346359980818152932020-07-24T06:00:00.000-07:002020-07-24T06:00:15.820-07:00Tanzania 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Dodoma city has only 428 rooms in its 24 hotels offering standard accommodation of a Three Star Class. Kanyasu said that the government had allocated areas for construction of hotels and other tourist service facilities, aiming to raise the status of the new capital city of Tanzania.</div>
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Currently, under implementation, Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) has targeted to attract conferences and business visitors to hold international conferences in Tanzania, aiming to pull participants who would book hotels, mostly in Dar es Salaam, Arusha and other cities including the new capital, Dodoma.</div>
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Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-77491479315482039142020-07-09T03:15:00.000-07:002020-07-09T03:15:18.556-07:00Tanzania re-opens to Tourism - By ATTA®<div style="text-align: justify;">
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All travelers, whether foreigners or returning residents entering or leaving the United Republic of Tanzania will be subjected to enhanced screening for COVID-19 infection. There will be no 14 days mandatory quarantine Strict infection Prevention and Control measures are still to be followed; physical distancing, hand hygiene, mask wear all remain mandatory.</div>
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All international arriving passengers shall dispose-off their masks after use during travel at designated waste collection containers upon arrival Airports will all have to install Sanitizers at multiple locations all arriving/departing air operators must provide advance passenger Information to allow the points of entry authorities to prevent possible high-risk passengers to conclude, tourism will re-start in Tanzania. The Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources will ensure that the health of Tanzanians is safe and a priority. Welcome to Tanzania and Tanzania Unforgettable!</div>
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Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-89688614698313344962020-07-03T02:34:00.000-07:002020-07-03T02:34:33.218-07:00Tanzania: New Tourism Promo Initiative Set for Launch in Dar<div style="text-align: justify;">
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MINISTER for Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla, is expected to launch a domestic promotion initiative, whose players will be key stakeholders in the tourism sector in Dar es Salaam on July 1, this year.</div>
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A press release issued in the city yesterday said the blueprint dubbed 'Domestic Tourism Promotion Initiative (DTPI)' targeted to raise the awareness of Tanzanians and foreigners living in the country on various touristic attractions available in the country.</div>
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"Our efforts are specifically designed to complement the government's efforts to promote domestic tourism and also mitigate the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has hit hard the tourism sector," said Steering Committee Chairman of the campaign Mkumbwa Ally in the press release.</div>
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He said the initiative was the joint effort between St Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) and Real PR Solutions, an integrated communications company with a specialty in public relations, government relations, corporate event management, and sports marketing, among other things.</div>
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He said the inauguration campaign under the theme "Utalii Mpya. Fursa Mpya" would also be attended by senior government officials and key stakeholders in the tourism sector such as the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB), Tanzania Tour Operators (TATO), and Tanzania Hotels Association.</div>
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Others are Tanzania Local Tour Operators (TLTO), Tanzania National Parks Authority (Tanapa), Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA), Tanzania Tourism Confederation, Tanzania Private Sector Foundations, Tanzania Forest Service Agency (TFS), among others.</div>
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"We have also invited the Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports as well the Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children due to their key role in supporting the tourism sector," said Mr. Ally.</div>
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He highlighted some of the key features of the campaign to be conducted in phases as training of the youth across the country in various areas in the tourism value chain further citing them as basic skills on tour guide profession, porter services, customer service training in the hospitality industry such as hotels and restaurants, taxi operators and skills to open tour companies.</div>
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"This training to benefit over 100,000 people will focus on the unemployed youth from Form Four and above who have passion in the tourism sector, but lack knowledge on how to move forward. We will start rolling out this campaign in the Lake Zone, covering Mwanza,</div>
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Geita, Kagera, Simiyu, Mara, and Shinyanga, then move to other zones across the country. There will be also an array of cultural and sporting events which will form part of the campaign," noted the chairman.</div>
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Mr. Ally further noted that the events would be a forum to bring people together so that their businesses could re-open at full capacity and support the national economy and as well as sustain and create more jobs, while economies were still grappling with the coronavirus effects, adding: "all health precautions will be taken into account to control the spread of the coronavirus at all these events."</div>
Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-55460184519712396902020-06-15T07:43:00.000-07:002020-06-15T07:43:09.597-07:00Tanzania Tour Operators Build $50,000 Lounge at Kilimanjaro International Airport<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Tour operators in Tanzania have unveiled a pioneer private, state-of-the-art, waiting for the lounge at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) as they seek to offer holidaymakers a hassle-free welcome after a stint of COVID-19.</div>
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Tanzanian authorities have reopened its skies for international passenger flights from June 1, 2020, becoming the first country in the East African community to welcome tourists to sample its endowed attractions.</div>
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Isack Kamwelwe, the Minister for Works, Transport and Communications, said in a statement that business, humanitarian, diplomatic, emergency and other special flights were allowed to land, take off and fly across the country’s skies as it was before.</div>
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He said the opening of the skies followed an announcement by President John Magufuli that the number of COVID-19 infections has been dropping citing statistics from health centers treating COVID-19 patients across the country.</div>
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The waiting Lounge, a brainchild of Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO), will offer the tourists, tour guides and drivers a comfort zone and keep distance in the advent of COVID-19 pandemic.</div>
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TATO Trustee Mr. Merwyn Nunes said that the free-of-charge lounge the first of its kind offers, for tourists and tour guides comforts beyond those afforded in the airport terminal itself, such as more comfortable seating, quiet environments and often better access to customer service representatives.</div>
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Other services may include private meetings, telephones, and wireless Internet access and other amenities, along with provisions to enhance passenger comforts, such as drinks, snacks, and magazines.</div>
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“This is the pioneer private waiting lounge where our dearest tourists and our tour guide drivers will be comfortably meet before they start the journey to various national parks,” said TATO CEO, Mr. Sirili Akko during the launching by the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr. Hamis Kigwangallah.</div>
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The lounge costing a staggering $50,000, was made possible through Public-Private-Partnership (PPPs) championed by TATO. The association itself bankrolled half of the amount, with the remainder being footed by Tanzania National Parks and Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA).</div>
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“I’m happy that this lounge is a true manifestation of PPPs in action. It will also save as KIA’s business center” he said.</div>
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Launching the lounge, the Tourism Minister, Dr. Kigwangala commended the initiative, arguing that TATO has been an outstanding association and a role model for driving true public-private-partnership through action.</div>
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He directed the Airport authorities to maintain and keep the ultra-modern lounge working.</div>
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Dr. Kigwangalla was in the company of Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Godwin Mollel who was impressed by the open-air style building for the public at this time where the World is grappling with COVID-19 pandemic.</div>
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TATO, the 37-year-old umbrella organization with over 300 plus-members, becomes an efficient advocacy agency for a multi-billion dollar industry, with its base in northern safari capital of Arusha.</div>
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The association also provides unparalleled networking opportunities for its members, allowing individuals tour operators or companies to connect with their peers, mentors, and other industry leaders and policymakers.</div>
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Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-85188888163404466472020-06-10T07:35:00.000-07:002020-06-10T07:35:21.250-07:00Tanzania’s Zanzibar Reopens for Tourism Activities<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Tanzania’s Zanzibar authorities on Saturday announced the reopening of tourism activities after they were shut down on March 20 following the outbreak of COVID-19.</div>
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“Zanzibar today has opened its tourism activities to normal both for charter flights and scheduled flights,” said Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, Zanzibar’s Minister of Information, Tourism, and Heritage.</div>
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“All tourist hotels, restaurants, and bars in Zanzibar are open from today,” Kombo told NCA when reached by phone.</div>
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Kombo added all travelers to Zanzibar should hold medical health insurance and they should follow strict guidelines on prevention of COVID-19 imposed by Zanzibar health authorities.</div>
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He said arriving travelers will undergo screening at entry points and those found with symptoms will be sent to a designated isolation center for further tests.</div>
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On March 20, Tanzania’s Zanzibar authorities announced the shutting down of all tourist hotels and a ban on all tourist flights as protective measures against the COVID-19 pandemic. Tourism is Zanzibar’s largest economic sector and essential for local socio-economic stability.</div>
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THE Tanzanian government and the private sector have teamed up to put in place enhanced health services and precautions as the tourism season start with tourists jetting into the country.</div>
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Having received the first passenger plane on Monday evening, the government has facilitated and enhanced services at Arusha Lutheran Medical Center (ALMC) in Arusha, Mawenzi Regional Referral Hospital in Kilimanjaro and set some camps in northern zone national parks as emergency response centres for susceptible Coronavirus cases.</div>
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The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr Hamisi Kigwangala (pictured) and the Deputy Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elders and Children, Dr Godwin Mollel, say they are satisfied with enhanced preparations and facilities at the designated hospitals and centres.</div>
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They made a tour at ALMC yesterday morning, saw the emergency rooms, wards as well as those set for dialysis and ambulances fully equipped with the necessary equipment that meet the standards required by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and was guided and briefed by the ALMC Director, Dr Paul Kisanga, and the Head of Emergency Services, Dr Peter Mabula.</div>
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The initiative has been made in collaboration with Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO). Dr Kisanga said the heightened preparatory measures will ensure safety and healthy stay of tourists and if it happens there was any case of Covid-19, it would be handled properly and ensure the tourists end their tour and return home safely.</div>
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"We are well prepared to handle professionally and at the highest standards any cases of coronavirus suspects here as we are well equipped and have specialists in the area; So when they are brought in here, they, their families and friends should rest. assured that they are in safe hands and will leave fully recovered," said Dr Kisanga.</div>
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Dr Mabula revealed that the ambulances are of state-of-the-art standard in that they are equipped to serve patients before they reach designated hospitals and there is a separation between where suspects or patients lie and the drivers while service providers will be in special Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).</div>
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He said they also had 46 well-trained traffic police on trauma management. He said in any eventuality, patients will be taken good care of and brought to the hospital as soon as possible for further treatment and possible referrals.</div>
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Dr Kigwangala expressed gratitude to the Lutheran Church and management of ALMC as well as to TATO for their efforts in ensuring that tourists are protected and are safe and that many more now know that Tanzania is a safe destination and will be coming over in big numbers.</div>
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"We are satisfied by the efforts taken; The facilities are in good shape, and we have enough equipment and staff who are capable of serving tourists efficiently. "The world should know that we are now receiving tourists and expect more in the coming days. As medical doctors, we have seen the facilities at the designated hospitals and centres with all emergency response specialists for different diseases, including Covid-19," said Dr Kigwangala.</div>
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He assured prospective tourists of a safe stay, safaris and enjoyment on beaches and that isolation camps had been established and are well equipped; There are mobile clinics at tourist hotspots, with helicopter services to fly susceptible cases to designated hospitals.</div>
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The minister said that COVID- 19 cases had dropped so much so that the thing is no more a pandemic but rather endemic as the government, through President John Magufuli intervention initiatives, have flattened the curve after a short period.</div>
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The northern tourism zone attracts the highest percentage of tourists who tour the country. He said some people had initially panicked when the disease emerged, but given the assurance of quality services, the panic has eased considerably.</div>
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Dr Mollel, who was recently appointed by the president to replace Dr Faustine Ndungulile, said the country was safe and tourists would get special health care in precautionary as well as treatment spheres.</div>
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All hotels and tourist facilities in the country will from now onwards bear Covid-19 certifications, a move that seeks to protect visiting tourists from contracting and spreading the deadly viral disease.</div>
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This features among the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), proposed by tourism stakeholders who converged here for a two-day brainstorming session on how to cushion the 2tri/-a year sector against the effects of the novel Coronavirus.</div>
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The players agreed that non-APIS compliant flights be notified that their passengers will be either subjected to the Health Ministry's screening or have their service denied entry into the country.</div>
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But moving his ministry's budget for the next fiscal year 2020/2021, Dr. Kigwangalla noted the sector is projected to face its worst fiscal crisis in history because of the coronavirus pandemic, characterized by massive job losses and an estimated 2.1trn/-decrease in revenue collections.</div>
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The ministry warned that nearly 500,000 people will be rendered jobless if the situation does not normalize by October 2020, with revenue collections shrinking to 598m/-from 2.6trn/-.</div>
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Dr Kigwangalla explained that the novel virus had seriously affected the industry and is anticipated to reduce direct employment from 623,000 to 146,000. He added that the number of tourists is likely to drop from 1,867,000 to 437,000 arrivals.</div>
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Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-29505381336793377952020-04-12T05:44:00.000-07:002020-04-12T05:44:17.674-07:00Tanzania - COVID-19 Angle to Tourism Assessed<div style="text-align: justify;">
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THE government says it is assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism, hinting that the situation on the ground shows that the sector has been hit hard.</div>
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The assessment on the impact of the pandemic on tourism is being conducted in the wake of the report released recently by Africa's largest online marketplace for safari tours that shows a 75 percent drop in new safari bookings.</div>
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A recent survey conducted by Africa's online marketplace for safari tours known as Safari- Bookings.com shows that out of the 443 tour operators involved, more than 90 percent experience a huge drop in new bookings.</div>
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"This decline is a direct consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. In a worrying result for the safari industry, the trend of significant declines in new bookings and large scale cancellations of existing bookings continues," the report states in part.</div>
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"This is a major blow for Africa's safari industry, the wildlife reserves that rely on its revenue and the local people employed in the safari industry," noted the report.</div>
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Some of the operators have been quoted in the survey saying that the tourism industry was on its knees both on the international and domestic fronts.</div>
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Natural Resources and Tourism Minister Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla confirmed the grim scenario via a live televised local news programme on Friday.</div>
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According to him, tourism is among sectors that had been hit the hardest within the country and worldwide.</div>
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"Times have become so tough; projecting on who is safe and who is not is becoming difficult," noted Dr. Kingwangalla.</div>
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He attributed that to massive cancellation of international flights, including Turkish Airline, Emirates, KLM, Qatar and Swiss Air from March 25 to 28, this year.</div>
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Such outcomes follow the various lockdown measures put in place by countries to avert any further spread of the virus and minimizing the flow of tourists to Tanzania.</div>
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He could not quickly estimate the impact, noting that in the past two weeks, the government had started assessing the contagion effects of the novel coronavirus to the country's economic growth.</div>
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Dr. Kingwangalla noted that the cancellation of flights, closing down of hotels, lodges, restaurants, among other recreational facilities can be felt, considering that tourism offers a large share of jobs in the country after agriculture.</div>
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"I can admit that the sector could be among the first affected... the many tourists who had made bookings to visit the country's attraction sites have been canceled, affecting the many people employed in the sector," he said.</div>
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As a key person in charge of the sector, he expressed commitment to ensure that all directives and experts' advice was being adhered to during this difficult period.</div>
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He further remarked: "There is a sense of uncertainty amongst operators but also a concern for the welfare of their clients. As we fight this virus pandemic, we advise our customers to stay safe and obey government advice to overcome it. As safari experts, we also advise clients not to cancel their safaris just postpone in order for us to save tourism worldwide as no situation is permanent."</div>
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Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-89816003479132388022020-03-23T05:36:00.000-07:002020-03-23T05:36:58.258-07:00Covid-19 Reality Begins to Settle in as Tourism Takes a Hit<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Arusha. Fleets of tourist vehicles grounded, empty hotel rooms and reduced international arrivals tell it all. The impact of coronavirus, a highly infectious disease now ravaging the world, has hit Arusha hard, the country’s tourism hub.</div>
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“This is the worst crisis to hit our tourism sector for years. But the worst thing is: we don’t know how long it will last,” lamented Mr Andrew Malalika, a tour operator.</div>
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But the director of the city-based Jackpot Tours and Safaris believes the government can still intervene and salvage the situation.</div>
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“The government can intervene by scrapping some taxes. This can enable us to manage the situation and restore the sector,” he argued.</div>
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He said tourist arrivals have sharply dropped because the major tourism markets for Tanzania have been badly hit by Covid-19.</div>
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These include the United States, the leading source of visitors to Tanzania, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and France. A hastily-convened meeting of tour operators on Wednesday discussed how the tourism chain in revenue has been hard hit.</div>
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“Even if it (the disease) stops now, it will take a long time to recover. The best recovery plan is to reduce the tax burden on us,” he told The Citizen. Mr Malalika, who is a member of the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (Tato), said he lost 16 clients last week due to cancellations.</div>
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He also appealed to the government to close the country’s borders so as to restrict the entry of people from countries most affected by Covid-19. Mr Paul Madinda, the general manager of the imposing Palace Hotel, said for the first time the eight-year-old hotel had no guest yesterday.</div>
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“We had eight guests who checked out on Wednesday,” he remarked, attributing the havoc to the global pandemic.</div>
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The 200-room hotel near the iconic Clock Tower is a favourite destination for business travellers and officials of the regional and international organizations.</div>
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Dr Eliamani Laltaika, a university lecturer, said although Tanzania has not closed borders like other countries, tourists still could not get in due to the lockdown in Europe.</div>
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“America is our major market but the tourists coming to Tanzania have to pass through hard-hit Europe,” he pointed out. The university don said Arusha, in particular, has been gripped with uncertainty because it is largely dependent on tourism.</div>
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An official of the Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) reached said some meetings have been cancelled but could not give details. Unconfirmed reports say a reputable tour company has sent on a compulsory leaver all workers due to massive cancellation.</div>
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Others are said to have refunded tourists who had paid their bookings in advance as is the norm.</div>
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The East African Business Council (EABC), a regional organization based here is another casualty of Covid-19 which has been reported in three of the six states in the bloc.</div>
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It has called off the Industrialization Business Convention and CEO Round Table Breakfast Meeting which was to take place in Dar es Salaam on March 30 and March 31, this year.</div>
Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-50124928429987397352020-03-09T06:58:00.000-07:002020-03-09T07:00:42.484-07:00Tanzania wins Best International Wildlife Destination<div style="text-align: justify;">
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - Tanzania continued to cement its status as among the world’s best tourism destinations after scooping the Best International Wildlife Destination award at the Outlook Travellers Awards (OLTA) held in India at the weekend.</div>
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The country achieved the feat ahead of its wildlife tourism rivals South Africa and Kenya, in OLTA’s 2020 edition announced in New Delhi on Sunday.</div>
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In his acceptance speech, Tanzania High Commissioner to India, Mr. Baraka Luvanda said the award will further cement the country’s status as one of the best global travel destinations.</div>
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“We believe that through this award and the Outlook Traveller Magazine’s, more people will be able to know about destination Tanzania and what it has to offer to a wide spectrum of clientele as one of Africa’s leading travel destination,” said the envoy in a speech posted on Tanzania’s High Commission website.</div>
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He told the delegates gathered at the high profile event that Tanzania will not be carried away with the feat; instead, take a lead role in marketing its tourism destinations as well strategizing on tapping from emerging markets from the traditional ones.</div>
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Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-44685429183914089442020-03-07T08:03:00.002-08:002020-03-07T08:03:35.538-08:00Zanzibar now bans Italy flights as Coronavirus fears takes toll<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Dar es Salaam. The outbreak of coronavirus infection has already adversely impacted the affected hospitality and tourism sectors of the economy as most of the would-be visitors have been forced to cancel already-planned their scheduled tours visit of the country.</div>
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This is basically due to fear of contracting the deadly virus on their way, compounded by foreign or travel bans imposed by some world their countries.</div>
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Meanwhile, Yesterday, the Revolution Government of Zanzibar banned visitors from Italy from entering the Isles for fear of the coronavirus malady.</div>
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The directive was issued by the Health Minister, Mr Hamad Rashid. Several coronavirus cases have been reported in Italy.</div>
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Indeed, the government has have confirmed that quite a number of tourists, who were expected to arrive in the country during in the foreseeable near future - and especially with summer virtually just around the corner - and in the summer, have cancelled their plans on the back of the c due to Coronavirus threat.</div>
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Speaking on the matter, the Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources, Mr Costantine Kanyasu, freely admitted that the coronavirus outbreak of Coronavirus has bound to play merry hell with hit hard the tourism business, currently one of Tanzania’s leading foreign currency earner sector.</div>
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Mr Kanyasu, who I couldn't disclose any reveal the figures, nonetheless said due to the fact that China has banned its nationals from travelling abroad as a measure to limit the spread of the disease, is a blow to Tanzania’s tourism business sector in the country.</div>
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The permanent secretary at the Tourism Ministry, of Tourism and Natural Resources Professor Adolf Mkenda, said if the coronavirus disaster it wouldn't be contained soon, it will seriously impact ‘kill’ tourism not only in Tanzania but also across much of the world.</div>
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Prof Mkenda said Tanzania was set to participate in a tourism fair which was slated to be held in Beijing later this year. B but the organisers cancelled the event on account of due the outbreak of coronavirus.</div>
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Speaking in the Parliament in April 2019, Prime Minister Mr Kassim Majaliwa revealed that revenues from Tanzania’s tourism sector increased by 7.13 percent % in 2018 compared to 2017. This was largely thanks to considerable the increase in arrivals from foreign visitors, the government disclosed. Tourism and hospitality revenues reached $USD 2.43 billion in 2018 -, up from $USD 2.19 billion in 2017 -, while the number of tourist arrivals totalled 1.49 million in 2018, compared with 1.33 million, in the previous year.</div>
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Tanzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said in a presentation to parliament.</div>
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However, hotel operators also claimed that the hospitality industry is bound to have also suffered due to the outbreak of coronavirus, which has already spread to some hit about 51 countries across the world - with, China being the most adversely affected so far.</div>
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Yesterday, the Revolution Government of Zanzibar has banned visitor tourists from Italy from entering the Isles for fear of due to the breakdown of Coronavirus malady.</div>
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The directive was issued by the Health Minister, Mr Hamad Rashid. Several coronavirus cases have been reported in Italy.</div>
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Ms Nuralisa Karamagi of the Tanzania Hotels Association of Tanzania (HAT) Ms Nuralisa Karamagi said the coronavirus outbreak which started in Wuhan, China, is already adversely impacting the travel and hospitality industry not only in Tanzania but across the world.just like in many parts of the World the break of Coronavirus has heavily affected the hospitality and travel industry.</div>
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For example, she said, that the total number of the would-be tourists, who had made provisional bookings to tour Tanzania during the summer this year has declined significantly compared to the previous year.</div>
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Ms Karamagi revealed that some of the hotels had s reported that a number of tourists, who had made provisional bookings in various hotels in the country ahead of summer, which is tourism high season in the country has dropped by between 40 per cent and 70 per cent compare to last year. This is undoubtedly on account of the coronavirus outbreak which was first reported in China towards the end of December 2019,</div>
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“The number of tourists, who had made provision bookings in the same period last year, the hotels have reported the number have dropped by between 40 per cent and 70 per cent due to Coronavirus threat,” said Ms Karamagi said.</div>
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To counter the adverse impact, Ms Karamagi said some hotels have been negotiating with prospective tourists those, who had already made travel-cum-hotel the bookings in Tanzania to push back their travelling schedules until the outbreak is effectively contained. She also advised the government and other stakeholders in the sector to do the same.</div>
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A former national chairman of the Tanzania Business Community, Mr Johnson Minja, said the outbreak disease has also negatively affected trade in the Kariakoo and other major markets in different metropolises.</div>
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According to Mr Minja, him importers have now shifted away from China and to India, Taiwan and Vietnam. However, he noted Mr Minja said that the volumes of cargo imported from that three countries are small and more expensive compare with similar to that imported from China.</div>
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“currently there is already a scarcity of commodities at the Kariakoo Central Market in Dar es Salaam because due to the fact we currently aren’t importing much from China due to the coronavirus outbreak,” he said, adding that this is something is worrisome as consumer that the prices will soar if the disease wouldn't effectively be contained soonest,” said Mr Minja.</div>
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Due to existing good travel links with China, Tanzania faces a risk of transmission of the coronavirus (code-named ‘COVID-19’), whose epicentre is the Chinese city, Wuhan. The disease has already spread so far affected to 51 countries around the world, and killed more than 3,500 people, while more than 100,000 people have contracted the disease, says WHO.</div>
Northern Circuit Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02800668261447323227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778845905541788898.post-65991577352945047972020-03-02T23:47:00.000-08:002020-03-02T23:47:32.941-08:00Green Dreams in Tanzania<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Africa has its own seasons. From November to April, while American and European families are donning winter coats and pushing through winter’s wrath, the great plains of the Serengeti are springing to life with fresh green growth on hardy acacias and lofty crotons and flaming red blooms on ubiquitous tulip trees.</div>
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This is called “the Green Season,” and it contrasts from Africa’s peak safari season, from July to September, in some dramatic ways – making it Africa’s “Secret Season” for the wealth of rare natural treasure to be discovered.</div>
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Tanzania is a land of Edens within this drama, bringing the wildlife spectacles to be found at Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park in the north as well as the Ruaha and Selous Game Reserves in the south. Lake Manyara, with scenery Ernest Hemingway called “the loveliest I had seen in Africa” remains as it was – a frame of exploding pinks against blinding blotches black stripes as flamingoes nest, herons light and zebra, wildebeest and giraffes cool off in the equatorial sun. Mt. Kilimanjaro looms in the distance on a clear day as the highest (19,341-foot) mountain on the continent and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world.</div>
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All of this is within reach of Arusha, fast becoming one of the top MICE locations in Africa. The Arusha International Conference Centre is a spectacular custom-built facility with the capacity to host up to 10,000 delegates.</div>
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“We are steadily preparing the country for the big time when it comes to business tourism,” says Arusha ICC CEO Elishilia D. Kaaya in an interview with AfricaLive.net. “Arusha is home to some of the most acclaimed natural sites in the world and our center is closely associated with these amazing sites because of our proximity to them. We want people to think about these wonders of the world whenever the Arusha International Conference Centre is mentioned.”</div>
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The development of the industry in Tanzania will see continued investment in infrastructure and facilities with new conference centers developing close to the country’s main tourist and business hubs such as Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam.</div>
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For those who want to mix meetings with a magical immersion in Tanzania’s natural beauty, there is no shortage of luxury safaris that can fill the bill. Top names familiar to US travelers include Micato Safaris, African Travel, Collette, Globus, Gate One, Goway, SITA, Intrepid, Tauck, Travcoa and many more. They manage group travel, private travel, super-luxury travel, even jet safaris. Choices come into play for the level of luxury and lodging rather than animal sightings. In Tanzania, the Big Five conquests come with the territory.</div>
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It’s worth noting that the Trump administration made headlines recently with proposed new travel bans for six countries, including Tanzania. However as of this writing, the bans have not yet been officially put in effect, and only apply to certain visas for travel inbound to the US. And as always, before traveling it’s best to check with the State Department for any details about travel documentation.</div>
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Access to Tanzania has been boosted in recent years by the return of national carrier Air Tanzania in 2016, which was able to establish direct flights from Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Travelers can now fly easily into airfields near Kilimanjaro and the other three national park zones as well as Zanzibar – the Spice Islands, all well worth the exploration.</div>
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