DAR ES SALAAM, 27th October, 2015 - Over the past ten years
(2005-2015), Tanzania has managed to boost its economy through the tourism
sector especially as it is a significant contributor to progress in terms of
increasing employment and foreign exchange and in uplifting the total GDP of a
country.
In 2014, the Tanzanian travel and tourism
industry’s total contribution to GDP was 14% which equals to TZS 8252.7bn and
this is estimated to rise by 1.3% by the end of 2015 and only 6.6% by the end
of 2025. This sector has not done well compared to input and output
contributions when the natural resources and tourism attractions are
considered.
The tourism sector created over a million employment opportunities
in 2014, some obstacles could rise up to reduce these opportunities by 3% by
the end of 2015 but opportunities could also increase 2% by 2020. (World
Travel & Tourism Sector, 2015).
Andrea Guzzoni, Country Manager of JovagoTanzania explained that, "Tourism
is the most essential sector after agriculture in the contribution to GDP
growth, but the outcomes remain below target as it is projected to be able to
drop in 2025 if poaching continues - failure to control corruption and the lack
of patriotism for domestic tourism will still remain as a challenge".
To boost the GDP for the next ten years with the new government,
there is a need to control uneven tax collections from investors, “there
has been an increase in tariff collections and this causes foreign
investors and allies evade the payment of taxes added, Andrea Guzzoni.
However, the sector is also facing a lack of knowledge in terms of
tourism, most of the employers only master one language, which is their mother
tongue and only a few can master international languages. Also, there is a need
to strongly control poaching and take other measures to promote all the
heritage sites that exist in Tanzania and not only some of the most popular destinations
like Zanzibar and Arusha.
About Jovago
Jovago.com is an online hotel booking service with
offices in Nairobi (Kenya), Lagos (Nigeria), Dakar (Senegal), Doula (Cameroon),
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). The company is founded by
Africa Internet Holding and has MTN as one of the investors. Jovago.com,
Africa’s No.1 booking portal, facilitates the booking process for its users to
provide them with the best hotel booking experience with fast, transparent and
easy-to-use services. Jovago.com has over 25,000 local hotel listings across
Africa and over 200,000 hotels around the world.
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