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Contact Information
Tanzania Tourist Board
IPS Building, P.O. Box 2485
Dar-es-Salaam
Tanzania.
safari@ud.co.tz
(255) 022 2111244
(255) 022 2116420

TANZANIA STORY
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ZANZIBAR STORY
Chumbe Island
Perfectly Pemba
Zanzibar Tour Operators
236 Hurumzi Street
Stone Town

Tanzania Topics
About Tanzania
Air Safari
National Parks
Arusha
Bagamoyo
Caves
Dar es Salaam
Eco Action Plan
Explorer's Club
Fashion Shows
Imax Part 1
Imax Part2
Kilimanjaro
Marathon
Marketing Tanzania
Moshii
Minister Profile
News Briefs
Sports Tourism
Swahili Festivals
Tanzania Tour Operators
Walking Safaris
Wildlife
Women in Tourism
Zanzibar

TOURISM IS TANZANIA'S LEADING ECONOMIC SECTOR. Details

Events
ATA 33rd Congress
Leon Sullivan Summit
Ngorongoro Crater
Karibu Fair
World Urban Forum
TTB visits USA
President at NYC Event
Tanzania Investment Forum
TedGlobal
Minister's USA Tour

National Parks
Arusha NP
Ruaha NP
Selous NP
Tanapa Website

Travel Services
Auto Rentals
Kilimanjaro Airport
Kilimanjaro Hotel
Qatar Airways
Tanzania Tourist Board
Zamani Zanzibar Kempinski Hotel.
Tanzania Tour Operators
Zanzibar Tour Operators

 


 

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TOURISM TANZANIA'S LEADING ECONOMIC SECTOR

Earning $1 billion (USD), Tourism Overtakes Agriculture  
Growing at a steady rate for the past seven years, Tanzania's tourism is booming. According to the Governor of the Bank of Tanzania, Prof. Benno Ndulu, Tourism, earning $1 billion USD, now contributes nearly triple the GDP of Agriculture, which has been the leading contributor to the East African country's coffers for most of its history. According to the Honorable Mme. Shamsa S. Mwangunga, Tanzania's Minister of Natural Resources & Tourism, "Estimates are that more than 750,000 tourists are expected to arrive in the country this year, bringing in about $950 million dollars.  We attribute this growth to several factors, not the least of which is that Tanzania has a stable and peaceful environment with a democratically elected government. Photo: President Kikwete at Leon H. Sullivan Summit, Arusha

Facts About Tanzania

Tanzania Travel can be an incredibly interesting and rewarding experience. Some more interesting facts about the country include:

• At over four times the size of Great Britain, Tanzania is the largest country in Eastern Africa.

• The word Tanzania is derived from the two nations of Tanganyika and Zanzibar which before 1964 were seperate. Tanganyika in Kiswahili, the local dialect (Swahili) is translated to mean "sail in the wilderness" and Zanzibar is derived from the Arabic words "Zayn Z'al Barr" which mean "fair is this land".

• The remains of the earliest humans, including the legendary 2 million year old Homo habilis were found in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania.

• At 264 square kilometres, the extinct Ngogongoro Crater is the largest complete crater in the world.

• It was in the town of Ujiji near Lake Tanganyika that Stanley first spoke the words 'Dr. Livingstone I presume?' A plaque in the town indicates the exact place where Stanley first caught up with Livingstone all those many years ago.

• Tanzania is home to over 100 different tribal groups

• Lake Manyara National Park is home to the unique tree- climbing lions. These lions climb to the uppermost portions of the enormous Acacia trees in the area, and spend their days languishing on the branches which are some seven or eight meters above the ground.

• Serengeti translates from Masai as 'endless plains' or 'an extended area', quite an apt description when one considers the size of the world famous Serengeti National Park.

• Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania is the world's second deepest lake.

• Kilimanjaro's last eruption was over 200 years ago.

• Tanzania is famous for its African blackwood or mbingo carvings which are sold at a number of craft and street stalls.

• The Amani Nature Reserve in eastern Tanzania is said to be the only location on earth where African Violets in fact grow wild.

• The Coconut Crab which inhabits the waters off Zanzibar's Chumbe Island is the largest crab in the world.

• The short Rainy Season in Tanzania is called Vuli, while the long rainy season is called Masika by the local population.

• Tanzania is approximately 3 hours ahead of GMT which means that the time in Dar es Salem is 7 hours ahead of New York and 2 hours ahead of London.. Source: Tanzania Tourist Board