The international
tourist arrivals to Tanzania are forecast to total 1,632,000 by 2025,
generating revenues of 5.702tri/- representing an increase of 5.8 per
cent per annum.
Travelport
President and Managing Director, Europe, Middle East, Africa and South
Asia, Travelport, Rabih Saab, said there are positive prospects and huge
potential in the tourism sector to increase its contribution to
economic growth.
He said
Travelport's strategy is to support the growth of their travel agency
business partners in Tanzania through defining technology. "Travelport
is committed to support the country's travel and tourism industries
drive and growth through leveraging our travel commerce platform which
is redefining travel commerce," he said.
Travelport is one
of the leading Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution,
technology, payment and other solutions for global travel and tourism
industry.
Travelport and TP
Services have signed an agreement to boost the travel industry in
Tanzania with expectation to generate almost 12 per cent employment
opportunities and increase tourist arrivals by 2025.
He added, "We are
confident TP Services will strengthen and invigorate our business
partnerships in Tanzania as they herald a new era of Travelport
operations in Tanzania," TP Services Country Manager, Sarfarazali
Chagani, is responsible for the delivery of the full range of Travelport
content, products and technology in Tanzania.
TP Services has
laid out plans to heighten travel agent experience and satisfaction of
Travelport's technology by offering enhanced service support and
tailored product recommendations for local travel agencies. Under the
agreement, TP Services will distribute Travelport's unrivaled content
including fares from approximately 400 airlines globally, branded fares
and ancillaries as well as over 650,000 unique hotels properties
worldwide fully bookable in Travelport's travel commerce platform.
"Travelport has all
the right tools, as well as unrivaled leading content to support the
development of Tanzania's travel industry and deliver cutting edge
solutions to local travel agencies to grow their businesses.
Travelport is
redefining travel commerce, investing over 830 million US dollars since
2012 in new technology with a clear focus on redefining travel commerce
and TP Services is here to champion it amongst Tanzanian travellers.
With this in mind,
we are very much looking forward to the new opportunities ahead of
Travelport and for the entire travel industry in Tanzania," Chagani said
at the signing of the agreement between the two agencies
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