TANZANIA, the island of peace, is one of the unique destinations on the African continent that has yet to be discovered by many. It is a land of many wonders hubbing an un-paralleled diversity of fauna and flora. Lake Victoria is the Africa’s largest lake by area, also the largest tropical lake in the world and the world’s 2nd largest freshwater lake
by surface area. Lake Tanganyika, the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, the second deepest lake in the world and the world’s longest freshwater lake. Kilimanjaro, the highest permanently snow-capped free standing mountain in Africa, the exotic Islands of Zanzibar, the finest game sanctuaries of Serengeti, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Ruaha, Selous and the Marine Park of Mafia Island are only but a few of the living examples.
The scenery, topography and very friendly people from over 120 tribes, provide the growth of excellent cultural tourism beach holidays, game hunting, historical and archaeological ventures – and certainly the best wildlife photographic safaris on the continent.
It is for this reason that the Government is now highly concerned with the improvement of the infrastructure quality and diversity, ease of destination entry formalities, relaxation of foreign exchange regulations and controls, revision of applicable taxes and maintenance of peace, stability and security.
As a stimulant, the private sector is increasingly investing in the various tourist plants, improvement of destination access from major sources and within marketing promotion and training of the human resource.
The tourism industry provides excellent investment opportunities in construction and management of hotels, lodges and restaurants, infrastructure ventures, aviation projects, training institutions, tour operations, travel agencies and marketing organisations. The industry’s mission statement that forms the basis of the tourism policy is to develop sustainable quality tourism that is ecologically friendly to the conservation and restoration of the environment and its people’s culture. In so doing the industry seeks to maximise the net gains that emanate from the various tourism activities.
TANZANIA TRAVEL: FACTS & FIGURES
Full Name: United Republic of Tanzania
Capital: Dodoma (official) and Dar es Salaam (administrative)
Area: 945,090 sq km (364,899 sq miles)
Population: 49,253,126 (end of 2013)
Language: Swahili (National official) and English (official)
Currency: Tanzanian Shilling
Best Travel Currency: USD, Euro, GBP
Travel Seasons: All year around