TANZANIA emerged the fourth country on the African continent to benefit from tourism as last year alone it earned $2.44bn (5.6tri\/-).<\/p>\n
Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr Hamis Kigwangalla, said this when opening a meeting to discuss preparations for the launch of the Lake Zone International Tourism Exhibition and Investment Forum expected to take place in the Lake Zone.<\/p>\n
The minister noted that based on official data this year the number of tourists to visit the country will be over a million tourists.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year alone there were over 100,000 more tourists who made the total number of tourists who arrived in the country to reach 1.5 million,\u201d he said, adding that: \u201cMore than 20 percent of foreigners board our planes.\u201d<\/p>\n
For his part, Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Constantine Kanyasu said tourism was the biggest opportunity to improve the country\u2019s economy, but Lake Zone, which has Lake Victoria as one of the tourist attractions, had not been doing well.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur plan through Lake Victoria International Exhibition is to improve the sector of tourism,\u201d he said, adding that the government would continue raising public awareness on domestic tourism.<\/p>\n
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Prof Adolf Mkenda, said the meeting among other things would propose the name of the International Tourism Exhibition, the host region and the branding of the event itself, all aiming at improving the tourism sector in the Lake Zone.<\/p>\n
The PS said in previous years tourism activities mainly occurred in Arusha Region due to both historic and geographical locations, but this time the government was exploring more tourist attractions, including the Lake Zone.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have decided to have the International Tourism Exhibition so that we may advertise ourselves more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TANZANIA emerged the fourth country on the African continent to benefit from tourism as last year alone it earned $2.44bn (5.6tri\/-). Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr Hamis Kigwangalla, said this when opening a meeting to discuss preparations for the launch of the Lake Zone International Tourism Exhibition and Investment Forum expected to take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,5,8],"tags":[623,1158,425],"class_list":["post-1722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-economy","category-homepage-english","tag-adolf-mkenda","tag-hamis-kigwangalla","tag-tourism"],"yoast_head":"\n