August 29, 2020 The 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, and generate revenue to the economy. Wildlife tourism in Tanzania continues to grow with nearly 1.5 million tourists visiting the country annually, […]

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FRIDAY August 28, 2020 The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has extended financial support to the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) to mitigate ripple effects of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on the recovering tourism industry in Tanzania. Tanzania has since it opened its borders for tourists three months ago been struggling to revive its […]

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Tour operators in Tanzania have unveiled a pioneer private, state-of-the-art, waiting lounge at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) as they seek to offer holidaymakers a hassle-free welcome after a stint of COVID-19. Tanzanian authorities have reopened its skies for international passenger flights from June 1, 2020, becoming the first country in the East African community to welcome tourists to […]

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May 14, 2019 By Adam Ihucha, eTN- Tanzania Tanzanian tour operators are mulling over turning the country’s commercial city of Dar Es Salaam into a ‘tourism paradise’, a copycat of Paris, in their bid to woo massive foreign visitors. The French Capital is a huge draw for foreign visitors – receiving 40 million of them a […]

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PARLIAMENT has been required to help the country’s tourism industry flourish by ensuring that legislation relation to taxes and other regulatory bodies are business friendly. For more information read: https://www.ippmedia.com/en/business/tourism-industry-leaders-lobby-ndugai-better-investment-climate For more images from the event please visit TATO gallery

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Key players in Tanzania’s tourism and hospitality industry and the country’s National Assembly have agreed to work hand in hand in guaranteeing the industry with the due priority it needs for driving the national economy. The Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) and Hotel Association of Tanzania (HAT) delegation recently engaged Parliament Speaker Job Ndugai […]

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The meeting too place at TATO offices on 23/09/2018 the purpose was supporting members to access new markets. TATO has reached out to an expert of Asian Tourism Market from Malaysia. Who conducted the training on 23/09/2018 to members on how they can be able to access Asian market for mountain climbing and other related adventures. For more information read more on the article from […]

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Dear TATO Members, Kindly be informed that the Tourism Sector is still enjoying the status quo on VAT, following the successful advocacy done by TATO which entailed several presentations of facts to the various Parliamentary Committees and to other influential decision makers. The general feeling was that most decision makers seemed not to be aware [...]
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STATEMENT ON THE IMPOSITION OF VALUE ADDED TAX ON TOURIST SERVICES: Following the recent budget proposal by Hon. Dr Philip Mpango (MP), Minister for Ministry of Finance, on among other things, imposition of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on tourist services, the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) wishes to express serious concerns on the [...]
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