Dodoma — The World
Bank and other Development Partners are funding a special programme to
facilitate tourism activities in Southern Tanzania, the National
Assembly heard yesterday.
The programme dubbed REGROW, has received funding from the World Bank amounting to 100 million US dollars (over 2bn/-).
The Deputy Minister
for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Ramo Makani, said this yesterday
when responding to Mr Hassan Kaunje (Lindi Urban-CCM), who wanted to
know when the government would start implementing the ruling party's
manifesto that, among other matters, stipulates that tourism activities
in the southern zone will be improved.
"The 2015/2020 CCM
election manifesto touched on developing tourism activities in the
southern zone through a special programme. When will the government
start implementing this requirement"? he asked.
In response, the
deputy minister said that the government has outlined various strategies
in its 2016/2017-2020/2021 development to be put in place to ensure a
number of promises contained in the party's manifesto are implemented.
He noted that in
the second Five Year Development Plan, the government seeks to open up
opportunities in southern region which are vital in fuelling industrial
economy. To achieve this, the deputy minister said the government is
engaging private sector to invest in tourism infrastructure such as
building hotels.
Mr Makani explained
that in the same period, the ministry will ensure that through Public
Private Partnership (PPP), it advertises historical features which are
available in Lindi and Mtwara that will in turn attract tourists.
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