September - 2021 TANZANIA GETS A NEW TOURISM MINISTER
Announcing her mini-cabinet changes Thursday, Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed Dr. Pindi Chana the new Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, replacing Dr. Damas Ndumbaro who was moved to the Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs. Prior to her new ministerial portfolio, Dr. Pindi Chana was Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office for Policy and Parliamentary Affairs. Both the two Tanzanian cabinet ministers are lawyers by professionals and trained with good experience on legal issues. Under her new ministerial portfolio, Dr. Chana will be responsible to oversee and supervise tourism development in Tanzania in cooperation with government and private sectors both in the national and international arena.
April 2022
NO COVID TEST FOR VACCINATED TRAVELERS TO TANZANIA
Tanzania has relaxed its COVID-19 measures, dropping the requirement of a 72-hour negative RT PCR result and rapid antigen test for the fully vaccinated arrivals. Airlines flying to Tanzania are free to allow the travelers who are fully vaccinated to board their flights without necessarily carrying a negative PCR result certificate with them. Announcing the new measures, Tanzania’s Minister of Health Ms. Ummy Mwalimu said, however, fully inoculated travelers are required to have a valid vaccination certificate with QR code for verification upon arrival. Unvaccinated, not fully vaccinated and those non eligible travelers arriving at any points of entry to Tanzania should however have a negative COVID-19 RT PCR or NAATs certificates with QR code obtained within 72 hours before departure.
A NEW HERO FOR AFRICAN MUSIC, TOURISM, AND SAUTI ZA BUSARA
TANZANIA NOMINATED AGAIN FOR THE AFRICA’S LEADING DESTINATION IN 2022
Blue Amber Zanzibar a leading African leisure destination and Zanzibar’s premier island resort, and Busara Promotions the organisers of the Sauti za Busara a pan, an African festival that has celebrated African music for the past 19 years, announce a new sponsorship deal that will see the festival’s continuity and sustainability. The news came after the festival was closing its doors due to the lack of funding, Blue Amber was proud to take the leading role in announcing the festival’s sponsorship. As Sauti Za Busara entered the 20th year of this iconic cultural event that has established Zanzibar as the East African hub of musical entertainment. The festival has produced valuable tourism investment and income for our citizens, through performing artists, employment of staging personnel, and valuable media publicity promoting Zanzibar.
Names for the 29 World Travel Awards nominees have just been compiled. By default, Tanzania has been nominated again to contest for Africa's Leading Destination in 2022, a title which the country won during the last year awards’ results. Fighting to retain the crown this year, Tanzania is competing against Kenya and South Africa in the category. The country is also fielding nearly 20 entries in the 2022 race for Africa’s best travel and tourism features and properties. The incumbent Serengeti National Park for instance, returns to defend Africa's Leading National Park title against its twin destination, the Maasai Mara Game Reserve on the Kenyan side and Kruger National Park of South Africa. Tanzania has two cards in the Africa’s Leading Attraction 2022 segment, these are Mount Kilimanjaro and Ngorongoro Crater. These will try to wrestle the crown from last year’s winner, the Table Mountain of Cape Town, South Africa which contends by default.
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