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by Mark Gillies Just as in the natural world, when the months of April bring rain, growth and much activity in Tanzania, the three months since the last edition of TA have been full of incident in the...
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by Mark Gillies: Murder of Father Mushi Resuming my report after a gap of two issues, it is with regret that I lead with the sad story of the murder of the Roman Catholic priest, Father Evarist Mushi,...
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by Mark Gillies The Loliondo Land Issue In April the ongoing issue of land use in the Loliondo Division on the borders of the Serengeti National Park came to the fore once more as headlines declared...
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by Mark Gillies In November the Bank of Tanzania released data for October 2012 to September 2013, which shows an increase in tourism earnings from US $ 1.61 billion to US $ 1.82 billion. Tourism is...
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by Mark Gillies In April President Kikwete addressed a meeting at Chatham House, London, on Tanzania’s Transformation and Vision 2025. Despite the recent coverage of poaching, the threat to Lake Natron...
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by Mark Gillies Poaching This dry season, tourist tales are of long day drives spent looking for elephant. Some find large groups clustered tightly; others are unlucky and return home without seeing...
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by Mark Gillies China and Tanzania’s Elephants “The current situation for Tanzania’s elephant population is dire in the extreme. The country has lost half of its elephants in the past five years and...
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by Mark Gillies In January, the Sixth Tanzania Economic Update was published by the World Bank. The tourism industry in Tanzania generated $1.9 billion by the end of November 2014, 22% of the value of...
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by Mark Gillies Are there any left? This is the question that all who value the elephants of Tanzania will find themselves asking in the coming years if no concerted effort is made to tackle...
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by Mark Gillies Value Added? This June a familiar shadow fell across Tanzania’s tourism industry. For the past few years, in the run up to the annual budget, the Tanzania Government has threatened to...
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Are the rivers in Tanzania at risk of drying up? The contested causes of environmental change This is a summary of a presentation by Professor Bruce Lankford of the University of East Anglia at a...
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by Mark Gillies In the final weeks of the year, the wise and the experienced book their summer safaris to East Africa, knowing that when January arrives and the masses do the same, availability in the...
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by Mark Gillies The past few months have been a quiet time for Tanzanian tourism and conservation with no new crises to face, but plenty of on-going struggles. Perhaps with an eye to the potential...
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by Mark Gillies Action in Maasai land dispute Newly appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Hamis Kigwangalla, has terminated a 25-year-old hunting concession with a company owned by the...
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by Ben Taylor A busy first few months for Minister Kigwangalla The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr Hamisi Kigwangalla, has stirred up the sector since his appointment in late 2017. In a...
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by Paul Harrison Tourism renewal throughout 2018 Tourism is the main contributor to foreign exchange receipts for Tanzania, making up over 15% of GDP. According to the Bank of Tanzania, tourism brought...
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by Paul Harrison Tanzanian tourism continues to grow steadily According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), reported in the Daily News, the tourism industry grew by 5.6% in 2018 across...
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by Paul Harrison Green Mile Safaris loses hunting concession In January 2020, after several years of disputes which peaked in late 2019, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT) revoked the...
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by Paul Harrison Tanzania attempts to open up to tourism: rest of the world responds cautiously After responding quickly to a surge of the coronavirus pandemic by halting incoming flights as the virus...
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by Paul Harrison Tanzanian tourist industry cautiously optimistic after the shock of Covid pandemic Tanzania has not escaped the global downturn in the tourism and travel sector, with visitor numbers...
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