TANZANIA SETS TO PARTICIPATE IN 2016 W ORLD TRAVEL MARKET (WTM)-TO PROMOTE THE NEW MARKETING DESTINATION PORTAL

Team Tanzania comprising of members from the Tanzania Tourism industry will participate to the forthcoming World Tourism Market  travel show, scheduled to take place from 7th–9 November 2016 in London, UK. Four Public Institutions  namely Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB), Tanzania National Park (TANAPA), Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) and Zanzibar Commission for Tourism (ZCT) will team up with 42 private companies to form a total number of 46 exhibiting companies that will showcase Tanzania’s tourism attractions and services to UK travellers.

Participants from the private sectorswill include representatives from

Tour and Travel operations, Airlines carriers,  Accommodation facilities and Event management who will be exhibiting under the

TTB stand and will beshowcasing the country’s spectacular tourism attractions as well as their services to tourism and travel trade professionals from all over the world.

The participation of team Tanzania will be under the new slogan  ‘Tanzania; The Soul of Africa.’ which was officially launched in October last year by the retired President Dr. Jakaya Kikwete to replace the previous one ‘The Land of Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and the Serengeti.

The Board is expected to continue to promote its traditional tourism products, its new Tourism portal (www.tanzaniatourism.com),

recently developed tourism facilities and services in Tanzania which include the newly launched Air Tanzania Company Ltd as well as the new Julius Nyerere International Airport’s Terminal 3 and other major developments happening in Tanzania.

The Managing Director of Tanzania Tourist Board Ms Devota Mdachi calls uponthe Press, trade professionals and other visitors from all over the world attending WTM this year to visit the Tanzania Stand. (AF 450)

Issued by:

Public Relations Office

TANZANIA TOURIST BOARD

20/10/2016