TANZANIA TAKES MEASURES TO ENSURE SAFETY OF TOURISTS AGAINST EBOLA EPIDEMIC
Following the recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) would like to issue this formal statement to reassure all Tourists and Visitors visiting Tanzania that close monitoring procedures are being undertaken in ensuring Tanzania remains to be Ebola Free.
HON. LAZARO S. NYALANDU, MP, TANZANIA’S MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND TOURISM PRESENTS THE ANNUAL TANZANIA TOURIST BOAR
(September 25, 2014, New York, NY) Hon. Lazaro S. Nyalandu, MP, Tanzania’s Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism joined by H.E. Amb. Liberata Mulamula, Tanzania Ambassador to the United States and Allan Kijazi, Director General, Tanzania National Parks presented the annual Tanzania Tourist Board Awards to three of the honorees at Africa Travel Association’s (ATA) ninth annual Presidential Forum held at New York University.
Tanzania Tourist Board and Tanzania National Parks were sponsors of the Presidential Forum. Hon. Nyalandu was also a speaker on ATA’s Ministers Open Forum on Africa Tourism. TTB selected the annual Africa Travel Association Presidential Forum to present the awards to show support for ATA’s ever expanding global reach in promoting tourism to the Continent of Africa
The three honorees who received TTB Awards were:
CNBC’s Secret Lives of the Super Rich received the Tanzania Tourist Board Broadcast Media Award for their season premiere episode featuring Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park as part of the Abercrombie & Kent Private Jet tour. Ray Parisi, Executive Producer and Jessica Joseph, Producer, accepted the award on behalf of the television program.
Abercrombie & Kent received the Tanzania Tourist Board Tour Promotion Award in recognition for their tremendous support in hosting major broadcast projects featuring Tanzania. Norma Spadola, Sales Director, accepted the award on behalf of A&K.
Turkish Airlines won the Tanzania Tourist Board Airline Award in recognition of their support in hosting Tanzania’s first all USTOA-member tour operator educational trip. Alp Ozaman, Regional Marketing Manager, accepted on behalf of Turkish Airlines.
The Awards program was created in 2000 to recognize and show appreciation to the travel professionals who have worked hard promoting and selling Tanzania in the US market, as well as to provide an incentive to increase the numbers even more in the coming years. The awards were also created to recognize and show appreciation to the media who have created stories on the excitement and diversity of travel in Tanzania.
Tanzania named by FOX TV NEWS as one of top five of the WORLD’S MOST “STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL” COUNTRIES TO VISIT
Tanzania has been listed on top five of the WORLD’S MOST “STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL” COUNTRIES TO VISIT. Tanzania packs a lot of game reserve into a land area that is only two-fifths larger than Texas, including the incomparable plains of the Serengeti — 6,000 square miles of savannah teeming with hordes of wildebeest, gazelles and zebras and their predators. Their annual search for new pasture and waters is the largest remaining unaltered animal migration in the world. Tanzania can also boast Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, whose forest slopes and savannah are a last refuge for many endangered species.
The snowy peak of Africa’s highest mountain looms over a vast savannah as well as mountain forest on its higher slopes and an Alpine desert above them. The park is home to 140 species of mammals, many of them rare or endangered such as the African elephant, and a wide range of flora.
Tanzania’s Mwiba Lodge, a new luxury tented camp lodge, located in the southern Serengeti area on a 125,000-acre private wildlife reserve, is featured in a two-page spread in Forbeslife, a luxury lifestyle magazine titled “Mwiba Lodge Luxury: Outstanding In Africa!”.
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SWAHILI INTERNATIONAL TORISM EXPO IS A UNIQUE PLATFORM – HON NYALANDU
By: Geofrey Tengeneza
The Minister for Natural resources and Tourism has appealed to tourism stakeholders to make use of the newly established International Tourism Fair in Tanzania to be known as Swahili International Tourism Expo (S!TE) as a tourism business linkage between local and international enterprises as well as unique platform to market and promote destination Tanzania.
Unveiling and officially announce the establishment of the new International Tourism Fair in Tanzania to be known as Swahili International Tourism Expo (S!TE) at Serena Hotel Minister Nyalandu said “I urge all tourism enterprises to seize this opportunity which will enable them link their tourism businesses with regional and international tourism markets´.
He said that though Tanzania is blessed with unique natural and cultural attractions, we cannot rely merely on the abundant tourist attractions. It is important that we work harder than ever to capitalise on the ‘top of mind’ awareness that our previous efforts have generated for the country. As a nation, we need to make concerted efforts on strategies to promote our attractions.
S!TE, Tanzania’s first ever International Tourism Expo, will be held annually in October at the Mlimani City Convention Centre in Dar-es-Salaam and focuses on inbound and outbound travel to Africa and takes the format of a travel and trade exhibition with a conference element focusing on topical tourism, sustainability, conservation and other market related issues.
Dar es Salaam has been strategically selected as a place for staging the fair because of its geographical location, adequate air access; the existing ‘state of the art’ and readily available infrastructure and amenities suitable for establishing an international tourism fair. The first S!TE will be held from October 1 – 4, 2014 at the Mlimani City Conference Centre.
The effort to establish S!TE in addition to promoting Tanzania as a preferred tourist destination is intended to link the Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SME’s) with the international Tourism market. It is a fact that many Tanzanian tourism agencies are small-scale enterprises, which have limited capital and ability to access to international tourism markets. The S!TE and in particular the hosted buyer programme will help address this challenge.
In February 2013, the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) entered into partnership with Pure Grit Project and Exhibition Management LTD (formally known as Witch & Wizard Creative (Pty Ltd)) to establish an International Tourism Fair in Tanzania, known as Swahili International Tourism Expo (S!TE), with effective from October, 2014. Pure Grit Project and Exhibition Management LTD is the company that manages the INDABA Tourism Fair, one of the largest tourism marketing events on the African calendar and one of the top three ‘must visit’ events of its kind on the global calendar.
TANZANIA TOURIST BOARD DELEGATION WRAP UP A SUCCESSFUL STUDY MISSION TO U.S. FOCUSED ON TOURISM MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES TO FURT
(June 26, 2014 – New York, NY) The Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) Delegation completed a successful Study Mission in New York and Washington, DC to gain a better understanding of the American market and its potential, by meeting with experts representing diverse areas of the tourism industry. The visit, arranged by The Bradford Group, TTB’s USA representative, provided insights and briefings on marketing initiatives that have been proposed for promoting destination Tanzania.
H.E Ambassador Liberata Mulamula of Tanzania Embassy, Washington DC (centre) poses in group photo with Tanzania Tourism officials pictured from left to right: Allan Kijazi Director General, Tanzania National Parks; Hon. Abdulkarim Shah, Vice Chair Person, Board of Directors, Tanzania Tourist Board; Teddy Mapunda , Board of Directors member, Tanzania Tourist Board; and Devota Mdachi, Director of Marketing, Tanzania Tourist Board
Member of Parliament from Mafia Island, Hon. Abdulkarim Shah, Vice Chair Person, Board of Directors, Tanzania Tourist Board headed the delegation comprised of Teddy Mapunda, Marketing Chair, Board of Directors, Tanzania Tourist Board; Devota Mdachi, Director of Marketing and acting CEO, Tanzania Tourist Board; Selenga Ian Kaduma, Legal Advisor, Tanzania Tourist Board, Allan Kijazi, Director General, Tanzania National Parks, Johnson Manase, Manager Tourism Services & Customer Care, Tanzania National Parks and Veronica Ufunguo, Manager Tourism Services, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority.
United Stated Tour Operators Association (USTOA) President Terry Dale (second right) poses for photo with Tanzania Tourist Board team during their recent visit to the USA. From left to Right: Devota Mdachi, Director of Marketing, Tanzania Tourist Board; Teddy Mapunda, Board of Directors member, Tanzania Tourist Board; and next to Mr Terry is Hon. Abdulkarim Shah, Vice Chair Person, Board of Directors, Tanzania Tourist Board
The program included meetings at the new Tanzania House at the Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, hosted by H.E. Amb. Ramadhan M. Mwinyi, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative. In Washington D.C., the delegation was hosted by H.E. Ambassador Liberata Mulamula and her team including Suleiman Saleh, Second Secretary, Political Affairs &Tourism and Immaculata Diyamett, Senior Tourist Officer. Amb. Mulamula also hosted a dinner in the delegation’s honor with the local Tanzania Diaspora community.
Mr Eddie Bergman, Executive Director of Africa Travel Association Africa Travel Association (center) in a group photo with TTB delegation after holding a meeting in New York USA recently. These are: Karen Hoffman, Bradford Group/ Tanzania Tourist Board representative in the USA (left); Teddy Mapunda, Board of Directors member, Tanzania Tourist Board (second left); Hon. Abdulkarim Shah, Vice Chair Person, Board of Director, Tanzania Tourist Board (second right); and Devota Mdachi, Director of Marketing, Tanzania Tourist Board (right)
Hon. Abdulkarim Shah noted that, “It is critical for us as the TTB Board, to help keep up the momentum for Destination Tanzania in the US market, which in 2013 was the number one source market for our country, if we are to succeed in continuing to generate more tourism arrivals from the United States, especially in the face of stiff competition with other African and long-haul destinations that have much larger budgets, the key is to be focused and selective, and maintain a proactive presence.”
The high level tourism delegation program also included a diverse range of travel industry partners including Questex, the publishers of Travel Agent Magazine and Luxury Travel Advisor as well as the organizers of the Tanzania Specialist Travel Agent University program, which educates travel agents about Tanzania and how to better sell Destination Tanzania. Tanzania to date has 2,510 graduates of this course. The TTB delegation also had productive meetings with Terry Dale, President, United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) and Eddie Bergman, Executive Director, the Africa Travel Association (ATA). TTB is a member of both Travel Industry associations.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNALISTS ‘TOUR IN PICTURE
Journalists from South Africa taking a short rest at an airstrip upon arrive in Selous game reserve from Dar es salaam.
In the park for game viewing
A boat trip along Rufiji River was also an amazing time for the journalists
The media practitioners from South Africa embarking into a small aircraft for a flight to Zanzibar after ending Selous game reserve tour.
The journalists visiting stone town in Zanzibar.
Ms Karin Sieberhagen (Right) a leader of South Africa – based journalists talks member of the press during a press conference held in Serena hotel at the end of their three days visit in Tanzania. Left is Mr Geofrey Tengeneza the Princvipal Public Relations Officer of Tanzania Tourist Board.
Journalists from South Africa and their counter part from Tanzania during the press conference in Dar es salaam.
SOUTH AFRICA JOURNALISTS IMMPRESSED BY SELOUS GAME RESERVE
By: Geofrey Tengeneza- Selous
A visiting team of journalists from Public and Private Media houses in South Africa who are currently in a three days tour in Tanzania have impressed by the tourist attractions found in Selous game reserve including the wildlife as well as different species of birds.
The lions and elephants which are among the big five became extremely exciting attraction to most of the journalists to the extent of disclosing that it was their first time ever to see live the animals in their natural life in the bush and forest as they just used to watch them in films and sometimes in television stations.
South Africa journalists taking photos of lions during a game drive in the Selous game reserve.
The media practitioners from South Africa who prior to evening cruise boat trip along Rufiji river, they paid a visit to the grave of captain F.C Selous an English man lived in the area some many years back who was killed by Germans in the First World War and buried in the same area, and whose name is the origin the game reserve.
The fam trip for these journalists who arrived on 10th June 2014 is organized by the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) and supported by Serena hotels and the fast jet. Apart from Selous game reserve the team will also have a one day visit to stone town in Zanzibar.
Two lions taking a rest under a tree during a day time in Selous game reserve.
Meanwhile five journalists from different TV stations in United Emirates of Arabs are currently in Selous game reserve after ending a fam trip in Serengeti National Park. They are expected to also pay a visit to Zanzibar.
The press trip for the journalists is organized by the Tanzania Tourist Board is meant for promotion of Tanzania tourist attractions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and overseas at large.
TANZANIA HIGH COMMISSION IN NIGERIA CELEBRATES 50TH UNIION ANNIVERSARY AND REQUESTS NIGERIANS TO INVEST IN TANZANIA
The Nigeria business community and the general public have been invited to invest and visit unique tourist attractions abound in Tanzania.
The invitation was extended by the Tanzania High Commissioner to Nigeria, H. E. Daniel Ole Njoolay, at a workshop organised the Sheraton Hotel in Nigerian Capital, Abuja, on April 26, 2014, to commemorate Fifty Years of the Union between of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
Speaking at the opening of the Business and Investment Workshop, the High Commissioner said Tanzania was proud of the Union making up Tanzania founded by then President of Tanganyika, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, and the President of the Zanzibar People’s Republic, Abeid Amani Karume, on April 26, 1964.
High Commissioner Ole Njoolay said: “We Tanzanians are very proud of our Union, which we believe is unique and has lasted longer than any other such attempt on the entire African continent”.
Speaking about business opportunities in Tanzania, the Director of Trade Development, TANTRADE, Mr Edwin Rutageruka, said that the business relationship between the two countries to stabilize year after year and while Tanzania is determined to strengthen it.
The Tanzania High Commissioner to Nigeria, H. E. Daniel Ole Njoolay, addressing the participants of the workshop organised the his office at the Sheraton Hotel in Nigerian Capital, Abuja,
On his part, the EPZ Director of Planning and Development, Mr. Lamau Mpolo, hinted workshop participants on the availability of a wide investment opportunity chances, including gas and mining. He assured them of the conducive investment environment put in place by the Tanzania Government.
Presenting a paper on potential tourist attractions in Tanzania as listed in the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa, a Member of the Tanzania Tourist Board of Directors , Ms Teddy Mapunda, said together with the three tourist attractions of Mount Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park, Tanzania is privileged to have other unique attractions.
She said it was also the first country in Africa to promote the seven natural wonders of Africa and other attractions which are the Ruaha, Kitulo and Gombe national parks and the Selous Game Reserve.
Ms Mapunda invited the participants to visit Tanzania and witness the uniqueness of Tanzania tourist attractions and invest in the tourism sector.
The workshop was attended by about 100 Nigerian investors and business people, followed by a reception held at the Sheraton Hotel and attended by various invited dignitaries including foreign diplomats based in Nigeria.
The 1st Apimondia Symposium on African Bees and Beekeeping 2014
Tanzania will host the 1st Apimondia Symposium on the African Bees and Beekeeping to be held from 11th – 16th November 2014 at AICC in Arusha Tanzania where by more than 550 participants from all over the world are expected to attend. The theme for this meeting is “African Bees for a Green and Golden Economy” which aims at improving Beekeeping industry in Africa and developing Countries for the welfare of rural people.
