Taking an obvious move to explore and develop some brand-new tourist products within Tanzania, the tourist stakeholders are slated to meet in Arusha the northern tourist city of Tanzania the following month to discuss strategies that will open more avenues for visitor, directed to make this country Africa’s number one destination.
Rich with varied tourist attractions, this country is looking at its finest options which would engage more attractions apart from wildlife resources.
The 2 day conference with a theme “Mpingo Tourism Summit 2014” is organized to draw in major experts within tourism who will discuss about positive strategies that will expose challenges hindering the development of tourism in Tanzania.
Reports merging from the Ministry of Tourism pointed out that the conference, planned to start on 22nd to 23rd September, had drawn in experienced specialists within the tourism business that will share their experience as well as advice on the finest ways forward on the progression of tourism in Tanzania.
The conference has dedicated its theme to the renowned African ebony tree also called “Mpingo” that is utilized in the production of the beautiful Makonde carvings.
In accordance with the organizers of this conference, there’s been an operational space between the lawmakers and the private players on ground that obstructed the development of tourism in Tanzania.
Absence of an airline linking Tanzania with many other African and major tourist market places around the globe had to date affected progression of tourism within Tanzania.
Because of this, tour operators in Tanzania rely on airlines that are foreign-registered, especially Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Qatar Airways, South African Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Emirates and Swiss Air as major carriers of all their clients from different parts of the world.
Over 40 % of the approximated 1 million tourists going to Tanzania each year must land at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport found in Kenya, then go over the border to see the renowned northern wildlife parks in Tanzania.
Stakeholders pointed out that the Air tickets make up nearly 60 % of the tourist expenditure which Tanzania has long been losing.
The conference targets offering a means ahead through its good objectives which don’t endanger environment as well as the cultural integrity of this country with goals of building future stability of the tourism business; learning from appropriate international case studies of comparable cases and also sharing experience with other key stakeholders in the sector, specifically the government, communities involved as well as the private sector.
This conference will establish its outcome through developing better partnership between different stakeholders in the business, through a common vision as well as improved knowledge of responsible tourism for Tanzania, and provision of a foundation for a liable tourism network.
In acknowledgement of rich, unexplored attractions in this African tourist destination, the Tanzania Tourist Board – TTB has unveiled a program to determine all tourist attraction sites in the entire country to be marketed.
The program that is at the moment under implementation, has employed technical experts that are presently looking through the rich tourism of Tanzania to identify the tourist sites requiring development and advertising.