Stable entry fees bring hope to tour operators

Africa Economy: Tanzania's tour operators ask gov't to slash tourists' entrance fees
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ARUSHA, Tanzania, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's tour operators on Sunday called upon the government to reduce by half entrance fees and other charges for non-East African tourists in an effort to boost the number of tourists visiting the country's tourist ...

Airport entry fees irk backbenchers
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SOME members of the Zanzibar House have expressed dissatisfaction over airport entry fees charged on them when they use vehicles with private registration number plates, saying it is disrespect to them. Giving their views on the proposed 2015/2016 ...

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Kenya tour operators now welcome to Tanzania
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NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya has finally resolved a long-standing dispute with Tanzania, which initially restricted her tour operators from dropping off tourists to sites within the neighbouring country. The breakthrough was realised by East African Affairs, ...

Tanzania’s policy inconsistency is threatening the competitiveness and sustainability of a multibillion-tourism industry, tour operators say.

>Kenya’s Tourism Regulatory Authority (TRA) has banned Tanzania’s tour operators and vehicles from taking visitors to Kenya’s game reserves and parks.

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Tour operators demand more liberal aviation rules
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TOUR operators are calling for more liberalisation of rules and regulations in the aviation industry to increase the number of airlines flying into the country and reduce reliance on Kenya in the wake of tourism row between the two countries. The Tanzania ...
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Tour operators advised to register vehicles in Kenya
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FOLLOWING the repeated ban by Kenya against Tanzanian registered vehicles which are now being prevented from entering Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, players in the tourism industry here say things should now be left as they are.
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>The Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (Tato) has raised a red flag against an imminent value added tax (Vat) on tourism in the wake of Ebola disease and the current World economic volatility.

As the tourism market has been subdued by the Ebola disease outbreak and global economic volatile, Tanzania tour operators’ eyes are set on the 2015/16 budget to address key issues to make the country a more competitive destination.