Category: Tanzania Travel and Tourism News
Tanzania Travel & tourism news for tourism professionals, visitors in Tanzania. Breaking news relevant to travel, safety, hotels, resorts, attractions, tours and transportation in Tanzania. Dar es Salaam and Tanzania Travel and visitors' information. Tanzania is an East African country known for its vast wilderness areas. They include the plains of Serengeti National Park, a safari mecca populated by the “big five” game (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino), and Kilimanjaro National Park, home to Africa’s highest mountain. Offshore lie the tropical islands of Zanzibar, with Arabic influences, and Mafia, with a marine park home to whale sharks and coral reefs.
New findings of early man at tourist site Olduvai Gorge
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- January 23, 2021 21:15Olduvai Gorge is a key tourist site where visitors can learn about human evolution and prehistory. The site and new museum attract local and international tourists to visit and experience ... Read More
Tanzania establishes National Convention Bureau
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- January 20, 2021 00:45Tanzania has established a Nationoal Convention Biurea as plans get underway to diversify the tourism offerings by reaching out to tourists attending meetings and conferences. By providing more venues, the ... Read More
Wildlife conservation in style with a feel for African communities
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- January 16, 2021 20:36In Ngorongoro in Tanzania, local communities are benefiting directly from tourism gains accrued from over 600,000 tourists visiting the park every year. In a partnership, the animals and the communities ... Read More
Domestic tourism in Kilimanjaro takes shape this Christmas
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- December 25, 2020 02:35Setting the agenda for domestic and regional tourism in East Africa, Christmas and New Year trips in Northern Tanzania and parts of Kenya have been planned with good experience for ... Read More
Tourism Hero Rebuilds One Tourism Community at a time – virtually
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 14, 2020 06:28World Tourism Network last week honored Robin Richman of Steppin Out Adventure, in Chicago, USA to enter the Hall of Tourism Heroes. Tour guides in from Tanzania to Bhutan and ... Read More
Action plan launched to conserve giraffe in Tanzania
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- December 12, 2020 15:53Five year Giraffe Conservation Action Plan is under implementation to research and conserve giraffe in Tanzania, targeting to save it from poachers and ecological destruction. Giraffes are found striding proudly between ... Read More
World Tourism Network Highlights Mafia Island as Good Case Study
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- December 11, 2020 02:48Celebrating the launch of the World Tourism Network (WTN) with a month of interesting events from all over the world, Mafia Island came into focus and the work it is ... Read More
New Tanzania Tourism Minister Announced
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- December 10, 2020 03:22Announcing his new ministerial cabinet last weekend, Tanzania President John Magufuli has appointed Dr. Damas Ndumbaru the new Tanzania Tourism Minister with his official title being Minister for Natural Resources ... Read More
Tanzania Named Most Fascinating African Destination
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- December 5, 2020 19:59Participants at the first Africa Tourism Day held on November 26 in Nigeria voted Tanzania as the most exciting and fascinating tourist destination in Africa. Participants of the first exciting ... Read More
New Tanzania Wildlife Safari Park
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- November 28, 2020 02:15Celebrating Africa Tourism Day, plans are being developed to promote a newly-established Tanzania wildlife safari park which is now standing among the most attractive safari parks in Africa. Established last ... Read More
Tanzanian tour operator assumes chairmanship of African Travel and Tourism Association
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- November 9, 2020 18:49A Tanzanian, John Corse, has been unanimously elected the chairman of African Travel and Tourism Association (ATTA). Mr. Corse is currently the Managing Director of Serengeti Balloon Safaris, a Member ... Read More
African Tourism Board marks two years of success
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- November 5, 2020 07:41The African Tourism Board is celebrating two years after its impressive soft launching and introduction to the global tourism arena during the World Travel Market (WTM) in London 2019. The ... Read More
Tanzania tourism announces major shift in destination marketing strategy
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- October 27, 2020 16:03Tanzanian tour operators plan to bring the key Global Travel Agents into Tanzania in their latest painstaking initiatives to promote the country as a safe destination, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ... Read More
Tanzania implements a World Bank-funded tourism project
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- October 18, 2020 09:59Best for domestic, rural and regional tourism in East and Southern Africa, the World Bank-funded Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth project is under implementation in Tanzania. Implementation of ... Read More
Tourism Slowly Returning to Normal in East Africa
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- October 12, 2020 17:09Tourism is slowly but surely returning to normal in East Africa after regional states opened their skies and territorial borders for both regional and global holidaymakers. Most countries in East ... Read More
Massive fire breaks out on Mount Kilimanjaro
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- October 12, 2020 05:59Fire broke out on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro on Sunday afternoon, causing fear and panic among people living on the eastern slopes of the Mountain, the highest peak in ... Read More
France Becomes Premier Inbound Travel Market to Tanzania
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- October 8, 2020 17:18France has been ranked as the leading inbound travel market to Tanzania, since the latter re-opened its skies for travel amidst the world’s COVID-19 pandemic. Tanzania reopened its airspace for ... Read More
Tanzania Opens its Skies to Kenya-registered Airlines
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- September 16, 2020 16:03Tanzania has lifted its ban on Kenyan registered airlines, opening a new cooperation over the East African skies after a month-and-half-long standoff over the regional skies. The good news reached ... Read More
Who is Believing My Story? Tanzania Tourism Minister Kigwangala Challenges the African Tourism Board Ministerial Discussion
editor- September 4, 2020 04:20eTN reported about the Mafia Style reopening in a recent podcast in a rebuilding.travel discussion a month ago with Peter Byrne. Mr Byrne was given the Safer Tourism Seal Award ... Read More
The Second African Tourism Board Second Ministerial Round Table Opened
editor- September 4, 2020 04:08Cuthbert Ncube, the Chairman of the African Tourism Board (ATB), yesterday opened the 2nd virtual ministerial round table organized by the Project Hope committee of the organization. The round table ... Read More
East African Tourism Stuck in Turbulent Skies
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- September 2, 2020 03:07Tourism investors in the region are challenged by the ongoing airspace tension between Kenya and Tanzania, now damaging the East African tourism and travel sector in the region. Tension over ... Read More
3 More Kenyan Airlines Locked Out by Tanzania
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- August 29, 2020 20:47Three more Kenyan airlines locked out in Tanzania as the two countries’ apparent standoff over management of COVID-19 deteriorates. Aviation authorities in Tanzania on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, issued the ... Read More
Strategic Partnership to Revive Tanzania Tourism
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- August 29, 2020 20:19The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is supporting the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) to revive the Tanzania tourism industry to spur other businesses, recover thousands of lost jobs, ... Read More
Kenya Airways denied entry into Tanzanian sky
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- August 26, 2020 19:52A dark cloud is hanging over the East African skies in a standoff between Kenya Airways and the Tanzanian aviation authorities, after both neighboring states opened up their skies with ... Read More
Renowned conservationist and a man behind Tanzania-France ties dies at 94
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- August 17, 2020 18:50Gérard Pasanisi, a renowned French national who devoted his entire life to foster tourism development and wildlife conservation in the country as well as diplomatic ties between Tanzania and France, ... Read More
TATO CEO wins maiden prestigious Tourism Personnel of the year 2020 Award
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- August 16, 2020 23:30He has been in the crossfire, trying to harmonize public and private interests in tourism industry for six years consecutively. Gifted with rare skills, the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators ... Read More
Reopening Tanzania Tourism Mafia Island Style
editor- August 10, 2020 00:09A persona around the idea of “new tourism”: Slow, immersive, kind, local, sustainable, climate-friendly. This type of new tourism includes food, drinks, dancing, swimming, white sandy beaches, diving, bird watching, ... Read More
Tanzania Travel Advisory for COVID-19 adjusted
Juergen T Steinmetz- August 6, 2020 07:12Tanzania today announced, that all travelers, whether foreigners or returning residents entering or leaving the country will be subjected to enhanced screening for COVID-19 infection. There will be no 14 ... Read More
New US Ambassador to Tanzania Finally Starts Tour of Duty
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- August 4, 2020 02:29The newly-appointed US Ambassador to Tanzania, Dr. Donald Wright, has taken over his tour of duty after several years of the US embassy in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam ... Read More
Africa marks sixty years of dedicated Chimpanzee research
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- August 3, 2020 05:50Tanzania and other regional member states of the East African community are marking sixty years of chimpanzee conservation, setting a new path for regional tourism development through visits to chimpanzee ... Read More
Can the Annual Wildebeest Migration Boost Domestic Tourism?
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- August 1, 2020 19:32Counted among the New Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Wildebeest Migration in the Serengeti plains in Tanzania has kicked off this month, sending more than 2 million wildebeests ... Read More
The Mafia Island Model for a brand-new approach to tourism explained
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 31, 2020 22:07This type of new tourism includes food, drinks, dancing, swimming, white sandy beaches, diving, bird watching, turtle hatching, a lighthouse, nature walks, and an amazing cultural experience. All of this ... Read More
Tanzania hunts for tourist hotel investors in its new capital
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- July 24, 2020 08:19Tanzania government had set open investment space for high-class hotels in the new capital city Dodoma, targeting to attract international visitors and investors to the new capital, lacking reliable and ... Read More
Hurricane Douglas on a path directly to Hawaii
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 23, 2020 04:05Hurricane Douglas seems to be on a direct path towards the Hawaiian Islands but is expected to weaken before it hits the State on Saturday night. Hurricane Douglas continues to ... Read More
East Africa Airports COVID-19 Staff Training
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- July 21, 2020 03:07East Africa Airports COVID-19 staff training on safety measures is being conducted with the aim being to equip them to handle passengers. This program is being happening at the busiest ... Read More
Countries Americans can travel to on vacation during COVID-19
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 19, 2020 04:20With 3,844,271 Americans were sick with the Coronavirus after 47,5 million were tested out of a total population of 331 Million. The undetected number of COVID-19 sick may be significantly ... Read More