{"id":7859,"date":"2020-04-29T21:11:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T21:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=7859"},"modified":"2020-04-29T21:11:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T21:11:44","slug":"minister-touts-tanga-as-potential-tourism-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/minister-touts-tanga-as-potential-tourism-site","title":{"rendered":"MINISTER TOUTS TANGA AS POTENTIAL TOURISM SITE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"detailz\" class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> KILINDI Member of Parliament (MP), Omari Kigua (CCM), has urged the government to name the dry scrub woodland in Handeni as one of the tourism attraction sites in Tanga Region.<\/p>\n<p>The MP believes that the site could be potential for ecotourism\u2014with people spending their holiday moments without damaging or disturbing natural habitats and yet contribute in revenues to the government.<\/p>\n<p>Kigua told the National Assembly that tourism is one of the key sources of revenue collection in the country, and that Kilindi is home to places that if developed could be hotspots for tourism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have several attractions, including a hill depicting a mother holding her child, Handeni woodland and other wetlands in Lukingo in Lwanda ward,\u201d he said, urging the state to name the areas as official tourism attraction sites.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Tourism and Natural Resources, Dr Hamisi Kigwangalla acknowledged that the government benefits potentially in the tourism business.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019 alone, the tourism sector contributed some 2.6bn US dollars in foreign earnings to the state. It accounted for 25 per cent of all foreign revenues, also employing 1.5 million people.<\/p>\n<p>The sector, according to the minister, has also been an engine pushing other sectors such as agriculture, industry, finance and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to assure the lawmaker that this is one of the duties of my ministry&#8230;to assess and identify of tourism sites,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said his ministry will work with district authorities to identify new tourism sites and develop such areas that need the ministry\u2019s boost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not stopped, we\u2019re identifying such areas, and our goal is to ensure that these areas are protected, developed and sustained,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Kigwangalla said such work has been conducted in Tanga region, targeting Muheza, Pangani, Mkinga and Tanga Town districts.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that the ministry will revisit the assessment to identify such other areas, including the Handeni woodlands to be able to develop and market the sites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"item-image-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: KILINDI Member of Parliament (MP), Omari Kigua (CCM), has urged the government to name the dry scrub woodland in Handeni as one of the tourism attraction sites in Tanga Region. 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