Tourism gets $100m FDI boost from US

News that a drop in the number of tourists visiting Tanzania Mainland is threatening Zanzibar’s economy is disturbing but not quite surprising.

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Help Boost Isles Tourism, Envoys Told
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ZANZIBAR President, Dr Ali Mohamed Shein, on Wednesday challenged Tanzanian envoys accredited to foreign countries to provide adequate information on investment opportunities and tourist attractions in the islands. Dr Shein who is also the Chairman of ...
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The tourism industry is set for good tidings after a cruise ship arrived in Mombasa with more than 1,000 tourists and crew.

Zanzibar gets Vanilla Islands membership to boost tourism
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ZANZIBAR'S ongoing efforts to develop its tourism sector have received an astounding boost after the isles joined the Vanilla Islands group. Vanilla Islands, formed in 2010, is an affiliation of the island nations of Seychelles, Madagascar, La Reunion, ...

>They once roamed the vast savannah of Africa in their hundreds of thousands, foraging on the abundant vegetation. But poachers were a different species and for half a century, killed the animals for their horn.

>The ‘all is well’ impression has bred the ‘Tanzanian way of doing things’ culture that, in the economic sphere, costs us dearly by way of poor services that frustrate customers, the net effect  of which is reduced patronage and lower revenues.

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France set to develop Amboni caves to boost tourism
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TANZANIA and France are determined to develop the historical Amboni caves in Tanga Region to make them more attractive for tourism and an important centre for antiquities studies in the country. The plan was announced by the Minister for Natural ...

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Nyalandu calls for teamwork to boost tourism in East Africa
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Natural Resources and Tourism minister, Lazaro Nyalandu has urged East African Community partner states to honour timeline agreed upon in the just concluded meeting on tourism and wildlife sector. He made the remarks here when addressing the ...
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 Foreign direct investment (FDI) in sub-Saharan Africa is on the rise, with the continent’s share of global FDI projects at its highest level in a decade, and sharply improved perceptions making it the second-most attractive investment destination in the world, according to Ernst & Young’s 2014 Africa Attractiveness Survey.