TANZANIA has registered an increase of revenue from tourism sector by
8.2 per cent between 2013 and 2014 which is equivalent to 2,006.3million
US dollars down from 1,853.3million US dollars respectively.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry
of Natural Resources and Tourism, Maj. Gen. Gaudence Milanzi
, said this
in Dar es Salaam while briefing members of press on the 2014’s tourism
survey report.
He said that the survey was conducted by
the ministry in collaboration with the Bank of Tanzania (BoT), the
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Immigration Department and the
Zanzibar Commission of Tourism (ZCT).
Maj. Gen. Milanzi noted further that
Zanzibar earned 269.3million US dollars in 2014, up from 210.5 million
US dollars in 2013. He noted that an average expenditure of a tourist
per day in 2014 stood at 221 US dollars down from 284 US dollars
reported in 2013.
The PS pointed out that 15 major tourist
markets contributed by 82 per cent of all the international tourists,
adding that Zimbabwe, China and Holland were new markets of tourists in
the group of 15 major markets in 2014 which have taken over from Sweden,
Switzerland and India which were in the group in 2013.
He noted that wild animals’ tourism in
the Tanzania mainland contributed by 43.5 per cent and most of the
tourists in the area in question came from United Kingdom, France and
Italy.
PS Milanzi noted that most of the
tourists were irritated by the lack of credit card services in most of
the destinations whereby 87 per cent of tourists were forced to pay
using cash money.
“For the tourism sector to grow, it must
be advertised vigorously domestically and internationally. These
challenges should be keenly dealt with while expanding our focus to
cover not only wild animals but all other attractions including our
beautiful beaches,” he added.
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