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.
TANZANIA ATTRACTS MORE HIGH PROFILE BUSINESSMEN FROM USA
In effort to promote Tanzania as a tourist Destination in US market, Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) in collaboration with CNBC TV organized a press trip for two Television Producers to join 42 US Businessmen who visited the country from March 28th -31th, 2014.
CNBC is an American basic cable and satellite business news television channel that is owned by the CNBC Universal. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers around the world. CNBC is available to approximately 96,242,000 pay television household in the United States.
The TV crew will produce special program on Tanzania which will be shown to the CNBC stations all over the world to promote Tanzania Tourism Destination. This crew visited Serengeti National Parks.
During their departure at KIA, the group met with the Minister of Natural Resources and tourism, Hon. Lazaro Nyarandu and other officials for Tanzania Tourist Board, Tanzania National Parks and officials from Abercrombie & Kent-Tanzania branch.
Hon. Nyarandu Said “In order to reach our target, the government intends to attract more tourists groups to use private jets as well as tourists’ buses to visit Tanzania”.
RUAHA MARATHON.
Each year the third week of May Ruaha Marathon event takes place in Iringa (Southern Highlands of Tanzania ) and attracts thousands Runners and observers from different nationalities to come and participate in this historical event, The race categories of the event are Cross country 42Km(Full Marathon), 21Km(Half Marathon), 6Km Fun Run for Families and unprofessional runners and 3K for under sixteen years, and also will have 21Km and for Disables (Amputee) and 3k for (Cycles) Disables.
RUAHA MARATHON grand finale will be accompanied by entertainments from famous Tanzania Bongo Fleva Artists, traditional dancing, Tanzanian Live Bands and buying and selling of different tourist local cultural goods.There is NO ENTRANCE FEES to all spectators who will be coming to watch the event at the stadium. Don’t miss to come and enjoy the beauty of Ruaha marathon and get the experience of visiting tourist attractions found in Southern Highland of Tanzania such as Kitulo (Bustani ya Mungu) national National park, Ruaha national park With vast area of about 20226km2, the largest park in Tanzania and East Africa, located in Central Tanzania, 128km (80 miles) west of Iringa,Lake nyasa and Matema Village.
For more information contact: Mindset Empowerment(MINE),Plot 651B,Uhuru venue,Box 2420 Iringa. ruahamarathon@outlook.com +255 785 802008 /+255 713 802008 www.ruahamarathon.com
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA’S VIBRANT COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, RICH IN CULTURE AND HISTORY, NAMED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES ONE OF “52 P
(January 15, 2014, New York, New York) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s vibrant commercial capital and Indian Ocean Port, was named one of “52 Places to Go in 2014” by The New York Times in its Sunday Travel Section, January 12, 2014. Dar es Salaam, one of Africa’s fastest growing cities, is being recognized for its rich culture and colorful lifestyle.
An excerpt from The New York Times describes Dar es Salaam as, “An eclectic mix of music echoes through the beach clubs, open-air bars and nightclubs of this Indian Ocean coastal city. Old-school dance music competes with Swahili hip-hop and traditional drumming, all drawing from the city’s African, Indian and Arab influences. Add in the street food, the beaches and the fact that the year-old African low-cost carrier Fastjet uses Dar as its hub, and it’s easy to see that this commercial capital is more than a stopover on the way to Tanzania’s natural splendor.”
Dr. Aloyce K. Nzuki, Managing Director, Tanzania Tourist Board said, “We are pleased that Dar es Salaam, in addition to being the gateway for the southern safari circuit, is increasingly being recognized as a major East African port, rich in history and bustling with a diversity of activities and attractions. In fact, this was one of the major factors we took into consideration in selecting Dar es Salaam as the location for the first annual Swahili International Tourism Expo (S!TE – www.site.co.tz), set to launch October 1-4, 2014.”
Dar es Salaam, as the gateway for all major airlines flying into Tanzania including KLM/DELTA, South African Airways, Emirates, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways and Ethiopian Airlines, is the country’s most accessible city. It has also experienced rapid growth in its hotel capacity including three well known American hospitality brands, Hyatt Regency, Doubletree by Hilton and Holiday Inn. Four more hotel properties that are currently on the drawing board and are expected to be managed by international hotel chains.
This is the third time in four years that Tanzania has made the annual The New York Times “Places to Go” list. In 2011, it was Zanzibar and in 2012, it was Tanzania (the destination).
DIRECT ISRAEL-TANZANIA FLIGHTS BEGIN
Special four weekly Tel Aviv- Kilimanjaro International Airport charter lights will be held six months a year following a very successful nine-day tour of Tanzania’s unique attractions by a group of 150 tourists from Israel. Read more
No visa is required for South African Passport holders’ entry into Tanzania
South African travellers wishing to visit Tanzania for holiday or business have been exempt from applying for a visa for stays up to 90 days.
The exemption applies to South Africans holding ordinary passports who wish to visit the United Republic of Tanzania for holiday, private and official businesses purposes and those on transits.
The decision to exempt South Africans of visa requirements took effect from the beginning of July, 2013.