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Mount Kilimanjaro has been ranked among the top 3 highest-rated natural wonders in the world bu TripAdvisor, a popular travel review website.According to a study by Titan Travel, a UK-based tour operator, Mount Kilimanjaro received 92.68 percent of “excellent” reviews on TripAdvisor, making it the highest-rated natural wonder in the world.Read More: https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/mt-kilimanjaro-among-top-3-highest-rated-natural-wonders-in-the-world-4405548

THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released the new number of international arrivals in the country which shows that in 2023, the number increased to 1,131,286 compared to 900,182 who entered the country in 2022, thanks to the Royal Tour film by President Samia Suluhu Hassan.The new figures indicate that there is an increase […]

As Tourism is making great strides in Tanzania, prosperity is mainly viewed in terms of the foreign exchange earned or the increase in the flow of tourists to our God-bestowed national parks and attractions.But today we get to meet a German filmmaker who visited Lind Region in southern Tanzania, Mr. Bernd.Bernd come to Tanzania in […]

MINISTRY of Natural Resources and Tourism has said that projects implemented under the umbrella of Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth (REGROW) in the Southern Circuit will stimulate the inflow of tourists to the Nyerere National Park as soon as they are completed.The ministry’s Deputy Permanent Secretary, Commissioner Benedict Wakulyamba made the statement […]

Airplanes Africa Limited (AAL), a Morogoro based aircraft manufacturer, has unveiled the first aircraft assembled in Tanzania.The aircraft skyleader 600, was unveiled at the Tanzania International Manufacturers Expo 2023 (TIMEXPO), held at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es salaam.AAL director David Grolig said the company decided to set up an ultralight aircraft manufacturing facility […]

Planes failed to land and take off for three hours at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) on Wednesday, October 4, due to a failure of the lighting system.The airport managing director, Christina Mwakatobe, said that the error occurred between 12am and 3am, but normal service was later on restored. She attributed the failure to the ongoing […]

Unguja. President Hussein Mwinyi has on Thursday met with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss the importance of the tourism industry to the Zanzibar economy.President Mwinyi emphasized that tourism remains a top priority for the government, despite the fact that the blue economy includes five other sectors.Tourism contributes 30percent of government revenue in […]

THE government has put in place a strategy to install airfield lighting system that will be in use for 24 hours at all airports countrywide.The statement was made on Wednesday by Minister for Transport, Professor Makame Mbarawa during the inauguration of lighting system for night plane landing and flying at the Dodoma Airport.Airfield lighting system […]

IT is already almost two years now since the Tanzania Royal Tours documentary film was first premiered in USA and later in major cities of Tanzania, but this 56-minute-long documentary is still a regular feature in some Television stations, very much widely referenced, a popular presentational material and has become one of the country’s main […]

Arusha has continued to cement its status as a tourist magnet in the region following the establishment of Makuyuni Wildlfe Park.Located within the within Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem, park covers an area of 49 square kilometers and is located 70 kilometers drive from Arusha City at the Arusha-Babati, Makuyuni –Karatu, highways junction.Wildlife species available in this area […]