Nyalandu support of c’wealth games good for tourism: AT

>Only 26 out of more than 50 athletes fine-tuning abroad ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games will make it to Glasgow, Scotland for the multi-sport event, it has been revealed. For the past three or so weeks, local athletes have been camping in four different countries- China, Turkey, Ethiopia and New Zealand- under the auspices of the government for the Games scheduled for July 23 to August 3.

Renowned marathoner Samson Ramadhan will miss next month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland Marathon due to injury, it has been revealed.

Athletics Tanzania (AT) is planning to send more athletes in the Commonwealth Games scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 23 to August 3.

A prominent long distance runner, Zakia Mrisho, has expressed optimism that Tanzanian athletes will bag medals at the forthcoming 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland.

With Tanzanian teams eliminated from the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in Ethiopia, some sports fans may now turn their attention to Kigali where the sixth Inter-Parliamentary Games kick off tomorrow.

The decision by Tanzania National Parks (Tanapa) to initiate a $10 million (about Sh22 billion on the prevailing exchange rate) project that seeks to develop new tourism products and services, has come at an opportune time.

The new year greeted us with very encouraging news. Despite the lingering challenges of the world economy and geopolitical complications and beyond our initial expectations, in 2013, international tourism grew by a staggering 5%, with 52 additional million, reaching 1,087 million international tourists traveling the world in one single year.

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The Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Lazaro Nyalandu
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Natural Resources and Tourism minister, Lazaro Nyalandu
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