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Abuja — THE Nigerian business community and
the general public have been invited to invest and visit unique tourist
attractions abound in Tanzania.
The invitation was extended by the Tanzanian High Commissioner to
Nigeria, Daniel Ole Njoolay, at a workshop organised at the Sheraton
Hotel in Nigerian Capital, Abuja, recently, to commemorate fifty years
of the Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
Speaking at the opening of the Business and Investment Workshop, the
High Commissioner said Tanzania was proud of the Union making up
Tanzania, founded by then President of Tanganyika, Mwalimu Julius
Kambarage Nyerere, and the President of the Zanzibar People's Republic,
Abeid Amani Karume, on April 26, 1964.
Njoolay said, "We Tanzanians are very proud of our Union, which we
believe is unique and has lasted longer than any other such attempt on
the entire African continent".
Speaking about business opportunities in Tanzania, the Director of
Trade Development, TANTRADE, Mr Edwin Rutageruka, said that the business
relationship between the two countries is stabilizing year after year,
while Tanzania is determined to strengthen it.
The EPZ Director of Planning and Development, Mr Lamau Mpolo, hinted
to the workshop participants on the availability of a wide investment
opportunity chances, including gas and mining.
He assured them of the conducive investment environment put in place by the Tanzania government.
Presenting a paper on potential tourist attractions in Tanzania as
listed in the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa, a Member of the Tanzania
Tourist Board of Directors, Ms Teddy Mapunda, said together with the
three tourist attractions of Mount Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater and
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania is privileged to have other unique
attractions.
She said it was also the first country in Africa to promote the seven
natural wonders of Africa and other attractions which are the Ruaha,
Kitulo and Gombe national parks and the Selous Game Reserve.
Ms Mapunda invited the participants to visit Tanzania and witness the
uniqueness of Tanzania tourist attractions and invest in the tourism
sector.
The workshop was attended by about 100 Nigerian investors and
businesspeople, followed by a reception held at the Sheraton Hotel and
attended by various invited dignitaries including foreign diplomats
based in Nigeria.
SOURCE: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
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