{"id":16111,"date":"2014-09-01T03:16:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T03:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/tanzania-tourists-to-double-in-2017\/"},"modified":"2014-09-01T03:16:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T03:16:02","slug":"tanzania-tourists-to-double-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/tanzania-tourists-to-double-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania Tourists to Double in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{{The number of tourists visiting the country is expected to double to 2 million by 2017, according to the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB).}}<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect to reach 2 million tourist arrivals by 2017,\u201d Reuters news agency quoted TTB acting managing director Devota Mdachi as saying at the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith more international airlines flying into Tanzania … improved infrastructure, increased tourism investments and marketing, we can reach that target,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Tourist arrivals broke the 1 million-barrier for the first time in 2012 when the number of foreign visitors surged 24 per cent. The number rose 1.7 per cent in 2013 to 1.095 million, bringing in $1.85 billion (Sh3.15 trillion). Most of the visitors came from Britain, Germany, the United States and Italy.<\/p>\n

A surge in visitors to Tanzania in the past two years has chipped away at Kenya\u2019s dominance and boosted Tanzania\u2019s ambitions to become a regional tourist hub. The steep increase in the number of tourists poses a direct challenge to regional rival Kenya where militant attacks have scared away visitors in the last three years.<\/p>\n

Tourist arrivals in Kenya slid last year to 1.5 million after an all-time high of 1.8 million in 2011. In the first quarter of 2014 the number of visitors dropped 4 per cent compared to 2013. A leading Kenyan hotel chain said the real figures were worse.<\/p>\n

Frequent attacks by Somali militants have had a devastating effect on Kenya\u2019s tourism industry, scaring away tourists, some of whom looked elsewhere for tropical beaches and wildlife safaris.<\/p>\n

Some Western tourists have found that, due to their governments\u2019 travel advisories about the security situation, their travel insurance does not cover them for the Kenyan coast.<\/p>\n

Tanzania has experienced nothing like the level of deadly violence that has hit Kenya, which angered militants by sending troops to fight al Shabaab militants in Somalia.<\/p>\n

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