(eTN) – It was confirmed over the weekend that President Kikwete last week appointed Ambassador Charles A. Sanga as the new Chairman of the Tanzania Tourist Board.

The Minister of Tourism Ezekiel Maige subsequently appointed new members of the Board of Directors to serve alongside the new chairman, namely Prof. Isya Jairo from the Institute of Finance Management, renowned economist Teddy Mapunda, Abdulkarim Shah, member of parliament for Mafia Island – one of the country’s tourism attractions – Kaika Telele, member of parliament for the Ngorongoro constituency as well as a private sector stakeholder Samuel Diah.

It was not immediately clear if key tourism private sector bodies, like TCT, TATO or HAT, had any input or were able to propose additional members for consideration.