TANAPA PRESS RELEASE: 170 TOURISTS FROM ISRAEL ARRIVES FOR NATIONAL PARKS EXPEDITION

A total of 170 tourists from Israel have arrived in the country today ready for a nine days visit in the country, which will take them through Arusha, Serengeti and Lake Manyara National Parks respectively. 

Speaking during the arrival of the tourists at Kilimanjaro International Airport, Ms. Ronit Hershkovitz who is the Managing Director of the Israel based Safari Company said that the Tanzanian tourist attractions are now becoming famous in Israel and hoping that the number of Israel tourists in the country will increase tremendously in the near future following intensive promotion campaign done by her Safari Company which is the main organizer of the tour. 

Tourists visit by the Israelis in to Tanzania Tourist attractions is organized jointly by the Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) and Menelik Safari Company of Israel following the agreement reached in 2012 whereby TANAPA will offer special incentive package to attract more tourists from Israel. 

While in the country, the Israel tourists will also spend time in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area as well as visiting the island of Zanzibar. Ms. Hershkovitz said that this is the second trip organized by her company the first one being held in November last year in the northern circuit tourist attractions. The tourists arrived directly at KIA from Tel Aviv through chartered Tel Aviv-based El Al Israel Airlines which will now be operating between the two countries on a monthly basis before engaging themselves into a regular flight schedules. 

The Northern Tanzania tourist circuit is made up of Mount Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater, the famous Serengeti National Park, Tarangire National Park, Arusha National Park, and Lake Manyara National Park, famous for its rare tree-climbing lions.

Issued by Corporate Communications Department

Tanzania National Parks

12^th April, 2014