August - 2021 RHINO TOURISM INTRODUCED IN TANZANIA MKOMAZI PARK
ZANZIBAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TO BOOST ISLAND TOURISM
Mkomazi National Park has been set as a Rhino Sanctuary where tourists across the world could visit and view the rare African black rhino protected inside the park. Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr. Damas Ndumbaro, launched Rhino Tourism in Mkomazi National Park. The Ministry hopes to target and attract tourists interested in going on picture rhino safaris. The government’s target is to attract 5 million tourists which will then increase tourism gains from the current $2.6 billion to $6 billion by the year 2025. Mkomazi is under the management of Tanzania National Parks (Tanapa). It is located some 112 km east of Moshi town in the Kilimanjaro region, between the northern and southern safari circuits. Rhino tourism could be easily combined with hiking of the neighboring Usambara or Pare mountains and a few days relaxing on the Indian Ocean beaches of Zanzibar.
ZIFF was launched 24 years ago with great success in Zanzibar. This year’s event took place from July 21 to 25 at Stone Town, Zanzibar’s leading tourist hot spot and a tourist heritage site. Organizers of this year’s ZIFF have attracted over 240 films from 25 countries. Tanzania has 13 films while Kenya has 9, Uganda 5, and South Africa 5. The festival aims to raise awareness and promote international cinema as art, entertainment, and as an industry, promoting dialogue, human rights, and freedom. Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi supported organizers of the annual Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) and said the event would expose and develop the island’s tourism and heritage. President Mwinyi said at the Zanzibar State House that the festival will help to develop and advertise Zanzibar’s tourism. Mwinyi confirmed that the government will continue working together with ZIFF to ensure it continues to attain more achievements.
QATAR AIRWAYS AND RWANDAIR JOIN FORCES TO GIVE CUSTOMERS GREATER CHOICE
TANZANIA TO HOST MAJOR EAST AFRICAN REGIONAL TOURISM EXPO
Qatar Airways passengers will be able to explore even more of Africa following its new partnership with Rwanda’s flag carrier, RwandAir via their hubs at Doha and Kigali. As a part of the strategic partnership, the extensive interline agreement will give customers access to the networks of both airlines, providing a seamless travel experience and enhanced customer service including the frequent flyers programmes. Customers can pick and choose from over 160 destinations in the combined networks of both airlines, which are perfectly connected via their home hubs of Doha and Kigali. This latest cooperation comes hot on the heels of the airlines’ recent loyalty partnerships announcement, giving RwandAir Dream Miles and Qatar Airways Privilege Club loyalty members access to each other’s destinations with the opportunity to ‘earn and burn’ points across their reciprocal route networks.
Marketing tourism as the regional economic product, the East African states are going to hold a major tourism exhibition in October this year under the spirit of regional integration and regional tourism marketing drive. The first and a major regional tourism exhibition is set to take place in Tanzania, attracting the six member states of the East African Community (EAC) to showcase their tourist attractions under an umbrella of regional integration in tourism. Reports from the East African Community head offices in northern Tanzania’s tourist city of Arusha said that the first and major regional tourism exhibition is scheduled in October to attract participants from member countries of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. Tanzania Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Dr. Damas Ndumbaro had announced the regional tourism expo during a virtual meeting with the East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers for Tourism.
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