Dodoma — The World Bank and other Development Partners are funding a special programme to facilitate tourism activities in Southern Tanzania, the National Assembly heard yesterday.
The programme dubbed REGROW, has received funding from the World Bank amounting to 100 million US dollars (over 2bn/-).
The Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Ramo Makani, said this yesterday when responding to Mr Hassan Kaunje (Lindi Urban-CCM), who wanted to know when the government would start implementing the ruling party's manifesto that, among other matters, stipulates that tourism activities in the southern zone will be improved.
"The 2015/2020 CCM election manifesto touched on developing tourism activities in the southern zone through a special programme. When will the government start implementing this requirement"? he asked.
In response, the deputy minister said that the government has outlined various strategies in its 2016/2017-2020/2021 development to be put in place to ensure a number of promises contained in the party's manifesto are implemented.
He noted that in the second Five Year Development Plan, the government seeks to open up opportunities in southern region which are vital in fuelling industrial economy. To achieve this, the deputy minister said the government is engaging private sector to invest in tourism infrastructure such as building hotels.
Mr Makani explained that in the same period, the ministry will ensure that through Public Private Partnership (PPP), it advertises historical features which are available in Lindi and Mtwara that will in turn attract tourists.
The programme dubbed REGROW, has received funding from the World Bank amounting to 100 million US dollars (over 2bn/-).
The Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Ramo Makani, said this yesterday when responding to Mr Hassan Kaunje (Lindi Urban-CCM), who wanted to know when the government would start implementing the ruling party's manifesto that, among other matters, stipulates that tourism activities in the southern zone will be improved.
"The 2015/2020 CCM election manifesto touched on developing tourism activities in the southern zone through a special programme. When will the government start implementing this requirement"? he asked.
In response, the deputy minister said that the government has outlined various strategies in its 2016/2017-2020/2021 development to be put in place to ensure a number of promises contained in the party's manifesto are implemented.
He noted that in the second Five Year Development Plan, the government seeks to open up opportunities in southern region which are vital in fuelling industrial economy. To achieve this, the deputy minister said the government is engaging private sector to invest in tourism infrastructure such as building hotels.
Mr Makani explained that in the same period, the ministry will ensure that through Public Private Partnership (PPP), it advertises historical features which are available in Lindi and Mtwara that will in turn attract tourists.
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