Tag: Tanzania tourism
East Africa hotels too expensive for mandatory tourist COVID-19 quarantine
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- March 27, 2020Tourist hotels in East Africa are too expensive for tourists and business travelers who are required by regional states to ... Read More
Kenya and Tanzania report sharp drop in hotel occupancy
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- March 20, 2020Kenya and Tanzania are registering a sharp drop in toruist hotel occupancy after suspension of Kenya Airways' flights to key ... Read More
Tanzania tour operators, government devise unified response to COVID-19 outbreak
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- March 18, 2020Key players in Tanzania’s tourism industry have come together for a unified response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. This comes ... Read More
African Tourism Board supports diversification of tourist products in Africa
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- February 15, 2020The African Tourism Board (ATB) is looking to cooperate with African countries to develop beach tourism, marine tourist resources and ... Read More
African Tourism Board Chairman addresses tourism gathering in Tanzania
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- February 8, 2020Looking at Africa as a single tourist destination, African Tourism Board (ATB) Chairman Cuthbert Ncube said concerted efforts 'seriously needed' ... Read More
Zanzibar aims to attract more tourists with new hotels
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- January 24, 2020Aiming to become a leading tourist destination on the Eastern Coast of the Indian Ocean, Zanzibar is now working to ... Read More
World unites to fight against cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- June 11, 2019Thousands of people across the globe have come together protesting against the potential building of a controversial cable car on ... Read More
East Africa’s KARIBU and KILIFAIR Tourism Fair opens next month
Chief Assignment Editor- May 3, 2019KARIBU and KILIFAIR Tourism Exhibition is set for grand opening next month with full expectations to attract over 350 exhibitors ... Read More
Cable Car to be introduced on Mount Kilimanjaro, amid protest
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- April 4, 2019A cable car is to be rolled out on Mount Kilimanjaro by a foreign company to improve access and boost ... Read More
Tanzania targets Chinese tourist market
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- January 4, 2019Tanzania is now targeting China as a new and an upcoming lucrative tourist market source in South East Asia after ... Read More
Tanzania establishes new tourism and diplomatic unit
editor- June 24, 2013TANZANIA (eTN) - To ensure security and diplomatic support to foreign visitors and tourists visiting Tanzania, the Tanzania Police Force ... Read More
Road to Tanzanian border at Lunga Lunga cut by flood water damage
editor- May 11, 2013Reports have emerged from the Kenyan coast that a key road link between Mombasa and the Tanzanian border at Lunga ... Read More
Tanzania appoints three Goodwill Tourism Ambassadors in the United States
editor- May 11, 2013TANZANIA (eTN) - In an effort to promote Tanzania as an African tourist destination in the United States, the Tanzanian ... Read More
Tanzania tourism set for parliamentary debate this week
editor- May 1, 2013The Tanzania’s tourism is set for parliamentary debate mid-this week, at the time this growing African destination is facing challenges ... Read More
China eyes Tanzania’s tourism
editor- April 6, 2013TANZANIA (eTN) - During the recent visit to Tanzania by the Chinese President Xi Jinping, China has expressed its keen ... Read More
Africa set for milestone tourism events this year
editor- January 4, 2013TANZANIA (eTN) - Come the year 2013, African tourism is set to observe milestone events that will take place in ... Read More
MV Liemba’s fate in balance as Tanzania fails to respond to rescue offer
editor- December 7, 2012(eTN) - Tourism stakeholders, keen to promote Lake Tanganyika as an additional natural resource area beyond the traditional national parks ... Read More
Lack of board appointments for East Africa tourism parastatals cause of more dissent
editor- December 4, 2012(eTN) - The absence of substantive boards of directors at the newly-created East Africa tourism parastatals is said to be ... Read More
Tourism marketing strategy targets key European tourist sources
editor- November 21, 2012TANZANIA (eTN) - Tanzania’s just-released International Tourism Marketing Strategy has targeted four European travel markets during the forthcoming five years, ... Read More
Tanzania launches international tourism marketing strategy
editor- November 17, 2012TANZANIA (eTN) - In a milestone history of tourism promotion partnerships, the Tanzania Tourist Board has launched an international tourism ... Read More
Tanzania eyes Egyptian tourists through media familiarization tour
editor- November 14, 2012TANZANIA (eTN) - Looking to attract tourists from the Arabic and the Mediterranean markets, Tanzania has invited journalists from leading ... Read More
Invest in Tanzania tourism at your own risk
editor- November 14, 2012(eTN) - Citing the ongoing saga over the Lupita Lodge’s owners, who according to the latest information are now also ... Read More
Tourist parks target local communities in Tanzania through tourism gains
editor- October 10, 2012TANZANIA (eTN) - Through tourist benefit-sharing initiatives, Tanzania wildlife parks management is looking at social benefits to the local communities ... Read More
Tanzania tourism set for parliamentary discussion this weekend
editor- August 9, 2012TANZANIA (eTN) - The Tanzanian parliament is set to discuss the annual budget for the Ministry of Tourism this week, ... Read More
Tanzania set to clear all buildings inside the 60-meter shoreline limit
editor- August 1, 2012(eTN) - Information has come to light that the Tanzanian government seems set to implement a ban on coastline construction ... Read More
Killers of Dutch tourist arrested in Tanzania
editor- June 29, 2012TANZANIA (eTN) – A few days after a grisly attack and killing of a Dutch tourist outside Tanzania’s famous Serengeti ... Read More
Tanzania ministerial statement seeks to reassure tourism industry
editor- June 1, 2012(eTN) - Tanzania’s recently-appointed Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Khamis Kagesheki, yesterday issued his media statement to the situation ... Read More
Snow adorns the crown of Kilimanjaro
editor- May 25, 2012TANZANIA (eTN ) - Constituting the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro is slowly building up its snow cover, allaying ... Read More
New Tourism Minister pledges to cleanse Tanzania’s tarnished image
editor- May 14, 2012(eTN) - Disgraced former Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Ezekiel Maige had to return one last time to the ... Read More
New rules for Tanzania tour guides aimed to improve quality
editor- April 23, 2012(eTN) - Under a recently launched new set of regulations, it will become mandatory for tour guides in Tanzania to ... Read More
Mwanza tourism stakeholders demand better infrastructure
editor- April 4, 2012(eTN) - According to a regular source from Arusha, tourism stakeholders met over the last weekend in Mwanza, Tanzania’s lakeside ... Read More
Tanzania’s foreign missions set for aggressive tourism promotion
editor- February 23, 2012TANZANIA (eTN) - Through its newly-introduced economic diplomacy policy, Tanzania foreign missions in tourist market sources of Africa, Europe, America, ... Read More
Fabulous Kilimanjaro Marathon kicks off with a decade history
editor- February 13, 2012Come Sunday, February 26, just two weeks from now, thousands of runners and spectators from sporting, travel, and tourism backgrounds ... Read More
Tanzania Ambassador to the US organizes a leisure safari
editor- January 25, 2012TANZANIA (eTN) - In a move to encourage more American tourists and investors, Tanzania's Ambassador to the United States, Mwanaidi ... Read More
VAT refunds for tourists due to commence January 2012
editor- December 30, 2011(eTN) - A regular source from Dar es Salaam has provisionally confirmed that the long-awaited VAT (Value Added Tax) refunds ... Read More
Tanzania marks 50 years of wildlife conservation and tourism development
editor- December 9, 2011TANZANIA (eTN) - From a single national park in 1961, Tanzania is marking 50 years of independence, with well-established and ... Read More
