Tanzania Tourism & Tourism Related News Thread

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[kiligoland]

Originally Posted by e.base

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BEAUTIFUL

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nice photo e.base

[bantugbro]

Originally Posted by mwanamwiwa

Not everyone,just you,Geza and Umoja.Anyways this is childish,dont insult Kenyans and you wont be insulted.If you think otherwise then too bad,you will have to get used to disrespect.Stop playing angel either,its just embarassing.

Conserve your energy, you sub-forum waits for your input here we are self-sufficient strangers are not welcomed....

[bantugbro]

Originally Posted by e.base

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This is beautiful

[Geza Ulole]

Tanzania: Tourism On Rebound - Kagasheki
By Marc Nkwame, 26 July 2012

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Kilimanjaro — THE Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Ambassador Khamis Kagasheki, has assured that Tanzania's tourism industry was on a major rebound with nearly six international airlines scrambling to land at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA).

"The world seems to have just discovered the country's northern zone as a potential and most attractive tourism destination," stated Ambassador Kagasheki during an occasion to receive Qatar Airways Flight QR 546, which marked the Middle-East airline's maiden landing at KIA, on Wednesday.

"Today, we are inaugurating Qatar's flights to Kilimanjaro but already other airlines such as Emirates and Turkish Airways have expressed interest in adding KIA to their various global destinations," said Ambassador Kagasheki.

Two weeks ago, Kenya's national carrier (Kenya Airways) made its first landing at KIA promising to be connecting Kilimanjaro with Nairobi with direct flights, six-times a week and to increase the frequency to daily starting September. Transport Minister, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe who officially handed keys for the airline's offices at the airport, to the Qatar management, said the airline's decision to include Kilimanjaro to its Tanzania's flights log was a welcome move which was also beneficial to both parties.

"Kilimanjaro terminal is gateway to Mount Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti National Parks, the world's famous destinations visited by millions of foreign tourists from all over the world; therefore, the ability to identify their airlines with these legendary features also gave the companies more mileage.

The Board Chairman for Kilimanjaro Airports Development Company (KADCO), Ambassador Hassan Kibelloh, was optimistic that the daily service connecting Kilimanjaro to Doha will further stimulate the growth and help the airport fulfill its mission of becoming the most preferred gateway to the Northern tourism circuit of Tanzania.

"We are very happy with the Qatar Airways move to fly to KIA a terminal which has a five-star status when it comes to environment conservation and right now our management is setting out to plant 300,000 trees in the neighbourhood every year.

"Travelers from Europe and America will have another option to reach Kilimanjaro", he said, adding that while the Doha hub provides many connection opportunities to big capitals and cities around the world, KIA on the other hand, connects the world to the East African tourism circuits.

KIA has meanwhile, embarked on major terminal renovations and expansion projects that will cost over 25 million Euros. The airport handles nearly 700,000 travelers per year, though with the introduction of more international flights the number may reach a one-million figure this year.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201207260104.html

[Geza Ulole]

Tanzania: Wildlife Authority to Be Established Soon
26 July 2012

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Dodoma — THE Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism is in the final stages of establishing the Tanzania Wildlife Authority, the National Assembly was told.

Deputy Minister in the ministry, Mr Lazaro Nyalandu, said the ministry was putting final touches on the establishment of the authority, including earmarking its responsibilities.

He said a task-force on the establishment of the authority has visited the Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) and Ngorongoro Conservation Authority (NCA) to learn how they operate.

According to Nyalandu, the task-force was able to learn operation structures of the two authorities which would enable it advice on how the new authority should be set up and operate. Responsibilities and structure of the authority would be ready by September, this year.

He said drafting of a bill on establishment of the authority would start in October and expected to be completed by December this year. Mr Nyalandu was responding to a basic question by Mbogwe MP, Augustine Manyanda Massele (CCM) who had wanted to know as to when would the government move in the National Assembly a bill on the establishment of the authority.

He explained further that section 8 of the Wildlife Conservation Act of 2009 gives power to the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism to establish the wildlife authority. The envisaged law and eventually the establishment of the authority are expected to increase revenues from forests, national parks and game reserves countrywide.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201207260320.html

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[kiligoland]

TTB SPORTS OPTION CAMPAIGN MOVES TO USA

Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) promotion campaign via sports option has moved to the United States of America. This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) and Washington - based Seattle Soccer LLC (SSL) which took place in Dar Es Salaam in mid July 2012.

The inauguration of the campaign, which is jointly funded by the TTB, Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), and The Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA), took place at Renton

The ceremony was also attended by the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Hon. Khamis Suedi Kagasheki (MP), as leader of the Tanzania Delegation.


According to the MoU, Tanzania’s tourist attractions including National Parks, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Culture, Beaches and Historical sites, would be displayed during major league soccer events of the season to attract more tourists from the US market.

After holding talks with the campaign hosts, The Tanzania delegation travelled to New York, where they met other tourism stake holders.

At the same time, TTB renewed it campaign contract with Lantech Service Limited of London to carry over the tourism promotion activity to the next English Premier League kicking off mid August 2012 to May 2013.

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Originally Posted by kiligoland

TTB SPORTS OPTION CAMPAIGN MOVES TO USA

Great initiative...........

Tanzaina.go.tz is such a crappy website..........why advertise it, they should have created a new site.

[Geza Ulole]

16th August 12
Tanapa revises tourism tariff, renames park entry fee
The Guardian Reporter
The Tanzania National Parks (Tanapa) has revised tariffs across fifteen national parks and renamed the park entry fee to ‘conservation fee’. In a statement by the management, the new tariffs will be effective as of the 1st of July 2013.

The statement from the authority issued yesterday said the changes were done to cater for among other things, the general increase in price levels of most commodities and services that has continued to escalate causing the increasing operational costs operation.

The other reason was to improve tourism facilities and infrastructure such as roads, bridges and airstrips, to cater for the increased number of visitors and to also diversify tourism activities in order to provide what the statement referred to as, ‘outstanding visitor experience’.

The authority also aims at internal restructuring and to serve for motivation it will improve staff incentives and packages, a move well received given the increased cost of living.
The early notice is in accordance to codes and regulations which stipulate tour operators must have at least one year notice prior to enforcement. Current law has it that Tariffs may be revised every two years.

Prior to the current modification, Tanapa tariffs have been revised only three times, January 2000, July 2004 and July 2006. Some of the areas to be affected with the new fees include filming, which the authority described as ‘very low and out of date’.

Walking safaris’ fees have also been changed due to popularity of some of the parks, tour operator views and visitor willingness. The minimum age for a walking safari is 12 years of age.

The statement mentioned other fees affected as guiding, fly camping, sports fishing, boating, canoeing, night game drive, guiding, vehicle, air craft landing, public camping, special camping, bush lunch or dinner, student fees for organised trips from Local Institutions.

THE GUARDIAN
http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/fun...le.php?l=44811

[kiligoland]

Tourism promising good future with promotion in eight big economies

The number of tourist arrivals from eight big economies is expected to jet-up, thanks after tour operators from those countries have vowed to provide full support in marketing Tanzania as an exceptional tourist destination.
The economies are Belgium, Canada, China, France, India, Spain, US and Netherlands.

Gabriel Mwenguo, sales and operations officer of Karibu Travel and Tourism Fair, told The Guardian on Friday that the Karibu Travel and Tourism fair held on Magereza Grounds in Arusha (June 1-3) is part of the tourism promotion efforts.
They have introduced the initiative after observing that there are so many people in those countries who are not aware of tourism in Africa.

The Karibu Fair has seen some Tanzanian tour operators enter into contractual agreements with the travel agents from those countries to put more emphasis on the continent’s potential.
"…they visited different pavilions, talked with Tanzanian tour operators on training and methods to attract tourists from those countries...,” said the sales and operations officer referring to the discussions held at the fair.

“After the visit and tour and with better information on Tanzania, they promise to promote the tourists attractions into their packages to other tour operators or retail operators…,” he went on to describe the intended course of action.

Explaining on what he has learned from the places he visited, Peter Tendenguwo, Managing Director of Ceraplum Investment Tendearts in Zimbabwe had this to say:
“… Tanzania is endowed with exceptional blend of scenery of wildlife, so many tourist attractions, beaches and human culture that can be promoted ....”
“…I will inform Zimbabweans on what you offer in your tourism sector so that they can come to experience what you have…,” he promised.
Grace Kimburu, Fair manager, detailed the Karibu Travel and Tourism Fair background saying, it was organised by Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO), Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB), in collaboration with the ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism.

“It was formed to support small scale tour operators in the country who cannot afford to travel overseas to participate in international tourism fairs,” he said.

“As organizers, the main goal of Karibu Fair was just to allow foreign travel agents to meet and network with members of the East African tourism industry, creating a single venue where the overseas tour agents can form a new partnership …,” she explained.

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

[Geza Ulole]

Dar registers ‘three wonders’
By In2EastAfrica Reporter



Tanzania’s top three tourist attractions, the Ngorongoro Crater, the annual wildebeest migration of Serengeti and Mount Kilimanjaro have been entered into the new “Seven Natural Wonders of Africa” race but few people here know anything about it.

Mount Kilimanjaro

The Chairman of Tourism Confederation of Tanzania, Mr Gaudence Temu, said with the three natural features competing with the likes of “Sahara Desert,” encompassing over ten countries in Northern Africa, ‘Mount Kenya,’ of Kenya and the ‘Red Sea Reef’ (Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea), Tanzanians need to wake up and vote for their local entries.

Poor voting from the country caused Mt Kilimanjaro to fall in the other “New Seven Wonders of Nature,” campaigns that ran between 2009 and 2011, where the Table Mountain of South Africa became the only feature from the continent to make into the finals.

The “New Natural Wonders of Africa,” race involves 12 tourist attraction sites on the continent and Tanzania is the only country which has the most entries in the list, including Mount Kilimanjaro, the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti National Park.

The competing features in the “New Natural Wonders of Africa” listing include, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park, the Red-Sea Reef, the vast Sahara Desert, Zuma Rock of Nigeria, Okavango Delta of Botswana, the ‘Peak of Furnace’ in the Reunion Island, the ‘Aldabra Atoll’ of Seychelles, ‘Tsingy Debemaraha’ of Madagascar and the ‘Avenue of Baobabs’ also found in Madagascar.

“All Tanzanians and the world at large are sensitized to vote for these three attraction sites and we are currently organizing a special committee to ensure that we do not repeat the same mistake which caused Kilimanjaro to lose last year,” said Mr Temu, who is also the CEO of Swissport Tanzania.

Visitors-wise, the Ngorongoro Crater located in the Ngorongoro district of Arusha seems to be the most popular, attracting over 500,000 tourists every year. Serengeti comes second with 350,000 annual visitors while Mount Kilimanjaro attracts nearly 55,000 tourists per annum.

Overall Tanzania as a country attracts around 1.2 million tourists per year, with more than 80 per cent of these ending up in the Northern Circuit where the three features are located.

The Ngorongoro Crater is managed by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA), while both the Serengeti and Mount Kilimanjaro operate under the Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA).

The country’s tourism promotion is supposed to be done by the Tanzania Tourists Board, but for many years TANAPA and NCAA have been conducting their own marketing both abroad and domestically.

By MARC NKWAME, Tanzania Daily News
http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php...-three-wonders

One can vote either from here or here though still the links don't show the voting procedures yet!

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US leading airline start direct flights to Dar to boost tourism
By Beatrice Philemon
2nd October 2012

Delta Airline

US-based Delta Airline has opened office in Dar es Salaam a move the company says is geared towards strengthening the business and economic links that already exist between Tanzania and the US particularly in the tourism sector.

Robert Bryan, Delta’s Director Commercial Manager for East Africa and West Africa made the announcement last week during the launching of the new Office.

“As US Investors, we are excited to invest in the East African market and we are here because we realize the potential in this country and surrounding the EAC region…” explained the director.

With an extensive domestic an international route network Delta in partnership with Kenya Airways and KLM has now opened a direct airline from US to Tanzania and given the market then start the reverse route, from the US to Tanzania
Delta Airlines has already opened other sales office in Nairobi and Kampala and the commercial director says they are confident that these new services will attract more US travelers to visit Tanzania.

According to Bryan, although Delta does not currently operate direct services to Tanzania, customers traveling to the United States on Delta can book flights via Europe operated by Delta’s joint venture partner KLM or Sky Team partner and Kenya Airways.

Additionally, customers can opt to fly via Johannesburg, Lagos or Dubai to Delta’s hub in Atlanta which offers onward connections to more than 150 destinations throughout the U.S and beyond.

Delta is investing more than USD 3bn through 2013 in airport facilities and global products, services and technology to enhance the customer experience in air and on the ground.

Delta launched its first services between Africa and the United States in December 2006, and right now the airline operates services to the US from five cities in Africa including Accra-Ghana, Lagos- Nigeria, Dakar- Senegal, Johannesburg-South Africa, and Monrovia-Liberia.

Delta serves more than 160million customers each year and just in the past year, Delta was named America’s domestic Airline of the Year by Travel Weekly Magazine and it was also named the top Tech-friendly US Airline by PCworld magazine for its innovation in technology and on top of that the company won the Business leading edge awards for US Airlines.

Delta headquartered in Atlanta and so far it employs 80,000, employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700 aircraft. With an industry leading global network, Delta and Delta connection carriers offer service to nearly 320 destinations in 60 countries on six continents.

Source:
www.ippmedia.com

[kiligoland]

great news

[Geza Ulole]

Tourist arrivals in Tanzania to double by 2015
By MARC NKWAME

As Tanzania strives to double the number of tourists visiting the country by the year 2015, the United Nations maintains that Africa’s share of International Tourists Arrival is just 5.2 per cent.


The Executive Director of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, Mr Frederic Pierret

The Executive Director of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, Mr Frederic Pierret, said that at the moment five million tourists cross borders daily around the world. The number of international tourists, he says, will reach 1.6 billion by the year 2020.

Mr Pierret was speaking at the on-going First Pan-African Conference on “Sustainable Tourism Management in African National Parks and Protected Areas,” which is taking place in the municipality of Arusha.The Executive Director stated that the UNWTO forecasts a growth of 50 per cent in Africa’s tourists arrivals over the next nine years, during which the continent stands to log 134 million travellers per year – a massive increase from the current 50 million visitors.

The Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Lazaro Nyalandu, had earlier on revealed that Tanzania projections are to attract 1.6 million tourists by 2015 which should double the current figure of 800,000 visitors per year.Tanzania’s main selling point is the country’s abundant natural resources and wildlife since the country has 16 National Parks, the continent’s highest mountain and the world’s only wildlife packed Volcanic Cratre, the Ngorongoro Crater.

Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) figures reveal that more than 70 per cent of tourists visiting Tanzania go for game viewing drives in national parks and over 80 per cent of the total number of foreign leisure travellers prefer to sample the attractions found in the Northern Tourism Circuit.

The Northern Zone is home to Mount Kilimanjaro; Africa’s highest peak, Ngorongoro Crater, the legendary Serengeti migrations, Tarangire and Lake Manyara National Parks.The conference delegations will be touring Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire National Park later this week, to see for themselves how Tanzania is conducting its nature and wildlife conservation in harmony with surrounding communities.

Meanwhile, Vice-President Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal has called for collective efforts in conserving and protecting local natural resources and wildlife.Opening the first “Pan-African Conference on Sustainable Tourism Management in National Parks and Protected Areas,” here yesterday, Dr Bilal pointed out that it was time for all parties to team up and jointly work to attain the goal.

“In the last three decades, especially during the 1980s, Tanzania experienced increased environmental destruction on both land and water resources with poaching for wildlife products becoming rampant until the government moved in to arrest the situation,” said the Vice-President.

http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/loc...double-by-2015

[Geza Ulole]

2012 World’s best hotels
Christopher Parr, Pursuitist | Jul. 29, 2012, 12:14 PM | 89 |


Christopher Parr

Christopher Parr is the CEO and Editor of Pursuitist

For the 17th year, US-based Travel+Leisure Magazine published the results of the 50 World’s best hotels according to a readers’ survey.
The magazine asked its readers to answer a questionnaire developed by its editors from December 1, 2011, to March 31, 2012. Results were published online early this month and will appear in the magazine’s August print issue.
The selection presents hotels that “go above and beyond” in the following categories: Rooms, location, service, food and value.
For the second time, the Safari lodge Singita Grumeti Reserves located in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania has taken first place. The hotel includes two lodges and two camps, one of which is mobile. Other facilities include a tennis court, spa and yoga center.
In second place is the Triple Creek hotel in Montana’s Bitternoot Mountains. With its 23 luxury log cabins, the hotel offers customized itineraries for guests including fly-fishing and helicopter tours.
The Southern Ocean Lodge, located on Kangaroo Island in Australia took third. The lodge has a green emphasis and a contemporary design featuring local artworks and outdoor terraces.
Newcomers to the list this year include the Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul on the Bosphorus and family-run Hotel Santa Caterina on Italy’s Amalfi coast. Also a newcomer, in sixth place, is the Nayara Hotel, Spa & Gardens, near Costa Rica’s Arenal volcano.
The top 50 World’s Best hotel complete list can be viewed here: http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest


Read more: http://pursuitist.com/travel/2012-wo...#ixzz29RwTcWyl

http://www.businessinsider.com/2012-...-hotels-2012-7

[Geza Ulole]

A Safari Camp In Tanzania Has Once Again Been Named The Best Hotel In The World
Julie Zeveloff | Jul. 6, 2012, 10:30 AM | 36,465 |


Singita Grumeti Reserves

For the second year in a row, Travel + Leisure has named Singita Grumeti Reserves in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park as the best hotel in the world.
It received a score of 98.24 out of 100 based on reader surveys, compared to a score of 98.44 last year.
The hotel, which is made up of two lodges and a tent camp, offers unparalleled luxury in the thick of the wild.
It is located on the migratory route traversed annually by more than a million wildebeest, providing guests with incredible photo opportunities from their bedroom windows.
Despite its remote location, Singita's guests are treated to five-star service and accommodations.
Rooms in the tents and villas start at around $850 per person per night, although private lodges and villas go for several thousands of dollars per night. Rates include daily game drives, food, and drink.
Click here to tour the world's best hotel >


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/singi...#ixzz29RzBxJVI

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Originally Posted by Geza Ulole

A Safari Camp In Tanzania Has Once Again Been Named The Best Hotel In The World
Julie Zeveloff | Jul. 6, 2012, 10:30 AM | 36,465 |


Singita Grumeti Reserves

For the second year in a row, Travel + Leisure has named Singita Grumeti Reserves in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park as the best hotel in the world.
It received a score of 98.24 out of 100 based on reader surveys, compared to a score of 98.44 last year.
The hotel, which is made up of two lodges and a tent camp, offers unparalleled luxury in the thick of the wild.
It is located on the migratory route traversed annually by more than a million wildebeest, providing guests with incredible photo opportunities from their bedroom windows.
Despite its remote location, Singita's guests are treated to five-star service and accommodations.
Rooms in the tents and villas start at around $850 per person per night, although private lodges and villas go for several thousands of dollars per night. Rates include daily game drives, food, and drink.
Click here to tour the world's best hotel >


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/singi...#ixzz29RzBxJVI

Singita lodge rules the safari camp domain, there is no other in the world today to compare with....

[kiligoland]

CNN: High peaks and wildlife put Tanzania on the tourist map

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/30/travel...ide/index.html

(CNN) -- Home to Africa's highest mountain and one of its most famous wildlife parks, Serengeti, Tanzania is one of the continent's most popular tourist destinations.
It was recently listed by the New York Times as its number one place to go in Africa, with 783,000 visitors in 2010, according to a World Bank report published in 2012.
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ST.INT.ARVL http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/01/08...f=travel&_r=1&It is the largest country in East Africa, has abundant wildlife, 500 miles of coastline and 15 National Parks.

The United Republic of Tanzania was formed in April 1964 by the union of mainland Tanganyika and the Zanzibar archipelago. The archipelago consists of two large islands -- Zanzibar and Pemba -- and numerous smaller ones.

Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895m, is one of seven Tanzanian sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Another is Serengeti National Park, known for its annual migration of two million wildebeests and hundreds of thousands of gazelles and zebras - followed by their predators. The migration is described by UNESCO as "one of the most impressive nature spectacles in the world."

The spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest caldera, is part of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO heritage site listed for its natural and cultural significance.
Other UNESCO sites are Selous Game Reserve, listed for its natural beauty; Kondoa Rock-Art Sites, the Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara and Stone Town of Zanzibar, all listed for their cultural significance