The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has formally admitted the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) as a new affiliate member, raising the country`s tourism profile.The organization is UN-affiliated agency representing 159 member countries, vested with the most important function of fostering the global travel and tourism industry.Read More: Tanzania finally admitted into UN tourism body […]
Mount Kilimanjaro has been ranked among the top 3 highest-rated natural wonders in the world bu TripAdvisor, a popular travel review website.According to a study by Titan Travel, a UK-based tour operator, Mount Kilimanjaro received 92.68 percent of “excellent” reviews on TripAdvisor, making it the highest-rated natural wonder in the world.Read More: https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/mt-kilimanjaro-among-top-3-highest-rated-natural-wonders-in-the-world-4405548
THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released the new number of international arrivals in the country which shows that in 2023, the number increased to 1,131,286 compared to 900,182 who entered the country in 2022, thanks to the Royal Tour film by President Samia Suluhu Hassan.The new figures indicate that there is an increase […]
As Tourism is making great strides in Tanzania, prosperity is mainly viewed in terms of the foreign exchange earned or the increase in the flow of tourists to our God-bestowed national parks and attractions.But today we get to meet a German filmmaker who visited Lind Region in southern Tanzania, Mr. Bernd.Bernd come to Tanzania in […]
MINISTRY of Natural Resources and Tourism has said that projects implemented under the umbrella of Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth (REGROW) in the Southern Circuit will stimulate the inflow of tourists to the Nyerere National Park as soon as they are completed.The ministry’s Deputy Permanent Secretary, Commissioner Benedict Wakulyamba made the statement […]
Serengeti National Park has been named the leading national park in Africa, beating six other national parks from continent in the 2023 World Travel Awards (WTA).Famed for the wildebeest migration and a vast plain that accommodates millions of wildlife, including the big 5, Serengeti was named Africa`s Leading National Park for the fifth time in […]
Airplanes Africa Limited (AAL), a Morogoro based aircraft manufacturer, has unveiled the first aircraft assembled in Tanzania.The aircraft skyleader 600, was unveiled at the Tanzania International Manufacturers Expo 2023 (TIMEXPO), held at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es salaam.AAL director David Grolig said the company decided to set up an ultralight aircraft manufacturing facility […]
Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park has won the Africa’s Leading National Park 2023 award.This becomes the fifth time in a row that Serengeti bags the prize since 2019 to date.Expressing gratitude on their X account (twitter) to all those who participated in voting and enabled Serengeti to rise to the top again this year, Tanzania National […]
Planes failed to land and take off for three hours at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) on Wednesday, October 4, due to a failure of the lighting system.The airport managing director, Christina Mwakatobe, said that the error occurred between 12am and 3am, but normal service was later on restored. She attributed the failure to the ongoing […]
Unguja. President Hussein Mwinyi has on Thursday met with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss the importance of the tourism industry to the Zanzibar economy.President Mwinyi emphasized that tourism remains a top priority for the government, despite the fact that the blue economy includes five other sectors.Tourism contributes 30percent of government revenue in […]
THE government has put in place a strategy to install airfield lighting system that will be in use for 24 hours at all airports countrywide.The statement was made on Wednesday by Minister for Transport, Professor Makame Mbarawa during the inauguration of lighting system for night plane landing and flying at the Dodoma Airport.Airfield lighting system […]
IT is already almost two years now since the Tanzania Royal Tours documentary film was first premiered in USA and later in major cities of Tanzania, but this 56-minute-long documentary is still a regular feature in some Television stations, very much widely referenced, a popular presentational material and has become one of the country’s main […]
Arusha has continued to cement its status as a tourist magnet in the region following the establishment of Makuyuni Wildlfe Park.Located within the within Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem, park covers an area of 49 square kilometers and is located 70 kilometers drive from Arusha City at the Arusha-Babati, Makuyuni –Karatu, highways junction.Wildlife species available in this area […]
CHATO District, which hosts two National Parks of Rubongo and Burigi, intends to triple the current number of more than 3000 to 10,000 foreign tourists annually by 2025.District Commissioner Eng Deusdedith Katwale made commitment ahead of the Chato Utalii Festival next month.Speaking in Dar es Salaa on Wednesday this week, Eng Katwale informed the public […]
The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) announced yesterday that it collected sh6.57 trillion in tax revenue during the first quarter of the 2023/24 financial year. The government will be finding it increasingly easier to finance its budget as revenue collections rise to record levels, courtesy of an expansion in economic activities, data shows.Read More: https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/how-tra-exceeded-sh2-trilion-monthly-target-4388756
