About World Tourism Day

 World Tourism Day (WTD) is held annually on 27 September.

Its purpose is to foster awareness among the international community of the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political and economic value. The event seeks to address global challenges outlined in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to highlight the contribution the tourism sector can make in reaching these goals.

Establishment of World Tourism Day

It was at its third session (Torremolinos, Spain, September 1979), that the UNWTO General Assembly decided to establish World Tourism Day, beginning in 1980. This date was chosen to coincide with an important milestone in world tourism: the anniversary of the adoption of the UNWTO Statutes on 27 September 1970.

The timing of World Tourism Day is particularly appropriate in that it comes at the end of the high season in the northern hemisphere and the beginning of the season in the southern hemisphere, when tourism is on the minds of millions of people worldwide.

UNWTO – a short history

World Tourism Day theme and official celebrations

WTD is celebrated by events around the themes selected by the UNWTO General Assembly, on the recommendation of the UNWTO Executive Council.  

While UNWTO invites people of all ages and backgrounds to hold and take part in celebrations in their respective country or holiday destination, official WTD celebrations take place in a UNWTO Member State, on the basis of geographic rotation.

Source: http://wtd.unwto.org 

List of all Tourism Fairs

The following is an updated List of International Tourism fairs and Roadshows for the year 2013/2014. Kindly visit and register for the event online:

S/N	A) TOURISM FAIR	DATES	FEES (US$)	Status
1	Top RESA – Paris, France	24th – 27th Sept, 2013	$3,000 Single $3,600 Sharing	Apply Online now!
2	TTG – Rimini, Italy	17th - 19th Oct, 2013	$3,000 single $3,600 sharing	Apply Online now!
3	World Travel Market, London – UK	04th – 07th Nov, 2013	$3,000 single $3,600 sharing	Apply Online now!
4	EIBTM, Barcelona, Spain	19th – 21st Nov,2013	$3,000 single $3,600 sharing	Apply Online now!
5	Dutch Tourism Expo, Utrecht, The Netherlands	15th – 19th Jan, 2014	$2,800	Apply Online now!
6	SCI (International Hunting Show), Reno, Nevada- USA	5th – 8th Feb, 2014	$2,800	Apply Online now!
7	FITUR, Madrid, Spain	22nd – 26th Jan,2014	$3,000 single $3,600 sharing	Apply Online now!
8	New York Times, New York, USA	28th Feb – 2nd March  ,2014	$2,800	Apply Online now!
9	EMITT -Istanbul, Turkey	30th Jan – 2nd Feb ,2014	$2,800	Apply Online now!
10	ITB, Berlin, Germany	5th  – 9th March,2014	$3,000 single $3,600 sharing	Apply Online now!
11	COTTM (China Outbound Travel Tourism)- Beijing, China	9th – 11th April  ,2014	$2,800	Apply Online now!
12	INDABA, Durban, South Africa	10th- 13th May ,2014	$3,000 single $3,600 sharing	Apply Online now!
13	IMEX, Frankfurt Germany	20th – 22nd May ,2014	$3,000 single $3,600 sharing	Apply Online now!

Source: www.tatotz.org

SERENGETI AND KILIMANJARO AS TWO OF THE “GREATEST PARKS OF THE WORLD”

In a recent special edition publication, National Geographic Magazine highlighted the grandeur and expansive beauty of the Serengeti plains in Tanzania. The article dubbed it as the world’s most famous wilderness area due in part to the Serengeti Plains, “what most people associate with the classic image of the African landscape,” and the great migration of millions of animals including zebra, wildebeest, antelope and many more. The article was sure to mention that the Serengeti is always teeming with life, even outside the migration and one of the best ways for someone to see for themselves is to rent a four wheel drive or join a safari.






Not to be outdone, Kilimanjaro National Park was also featured in the article.“It’s not only the highest point on the continent and the world’s tallest freestanding mountain but also one of
the only tall mountains you can climb without any special gear.” Interested travelers will have to travel roughly 200 miles east of the Serengeti to reach the dormant volcano of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

http://www.tanzaniatouristboard.com 

NEVER HAPPEN IN TANZANIA BUT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NOW IN ARUSHA

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TANZANIA NATIONAL PARKS - PRESS RELEASE

TANZANIA NATIONAL PARKS

PRESS RELEASE

AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE HOWARD BUFFET IN SERENGETI AND NGORONGORO

An American Billionaire Howard Buffett is visiting Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater for a three days holiday after he was very much impressed by Tanzanian tourist attractions when he visited the country last month.

During his last visit in the country in March this year, Howard Buffett who has a passion on conservation matters through his Howard Buffett Foundation donated two helicopters to Tanzanian Government to be used for anti-poaching activities in the protected areas.

At the Kilimanjaro International Airport, Buffett who is accompanied by his wife was received by his host the Minister for Natural
Resources and Tourism Hon. Lazaro Nyalandu.

Issued by the Corporate Communications Department
Tanzania National Parks
9th April, 2014

Howard Buffett received by his host Minister for Natural Resources
and Tourism Hon. Lazaro Nyalandu.

Source: www.tanzaniatouristboard.com

TANZANIA ATTRACTS MORE HIGH PROFILE BUSINESSMEN FROM USA

In effort to promote Tanzania as a tourist Destination in US market, Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) in collaboration with CNBC TV organized a press trip for two Television Producers to join 42 US Businessmen who visited the country from March 28th - April 1st, 2014.

CNBC is an American basic cable and satellite business news television channel that is owned by the CNBC Universal. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers around the world. CNBC is available to approximately 96,242,000 pay television household in the United States.

The Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Hon. Lazaro Nyalandu holds

talks with the Founder of Abercombie & Kent, Mr. Geoffrey Kent in VIP lounge

at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA)

The TV crew will produce special program on Tanzania which will be shown to the CNBC stations all over the world to promote Tanzania Tourism Destination. This crew visited Serengeti National Parks.

The Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Hon. Lazaro Nyalandu speaks to the group of high profile businessmen at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) before their departure.

During their departure at KIA, the group met with the Minister of Natural Resources and tourism, Hon. Lazaro Nyarandu and other officials for Tanzania Tourist Board, Tanzania National Parks and officials from Abercombie & Kent-Tanzania branch.

Hon. Nyarandu Said “In order to reach our target, the government intends to attract more tourists groups to use private jets as well as tourists’ buses to visit Tanzania”.

The tourists arrived in KIA by Boeing BBJ 737 HB-110 owned by Abercombie & Kent 

source: www.tanzaniatouristboard.com/blog

ABOUT TANZANIA

Lying just south of the equator, Tanzania is east Africa largest country and immensely rewarding place to visit. Filling the brochures are several world famous attractions: the planes of the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, snow capped Mount Kilimanjaro (African’s highest mountain) and Zanzibar, with its idyllic palm-fringed beaches and historic Stone town. Yet there’s whole lot more to Tanzania than these obvious highlights. Almost  everywhere  you  go you‘ll find interesting wildlife and inspiring landscapes (over forty percent of the country is protected  in some form or other ) ranging from forest –covered volcanic peaks to dusty savanna populated by elephants, antelopes lions, leopards, and cheetahs. Tanzania is one of the four most naturally diverse nations on earth: it contains African’s second –largest number of birds species (around 1500), the continent’s biggest mammal population and three-quarters of East Africa’s plant species (over ten thousand). Add to this the country’s rich ethnic diversity, some superb hiking and other activities like snorkeling and diving, and you have the makings of a holiday of a life time.

For all its natural diversity, Tanzania’s best asset is its people: friendly, welcoming, unassumingly proud and yet reserved –you’ll be treated with uncommon warmth and courtesy wherever you go, and genuine friendship are easily made. The best known tribe are Maasai, the pastoralist cattle-herding people who inhabit the region around the safari parks in the north, yet there are at least 127 tribes in Tanzania, perhaps not as visually colourfully as the red robed, spear-caring Maasai warriors, but with equally reach traditions, histories, customs, beliefs and music, much of which survive despite the ravages of colonialism, modernity and Christianity. For many years, only those with months on their hands had the privilege of really getting to know these people, but since 1995, an award-winning cultural tourism programme has broken new ground in enabling tourist, even those with little time or limited budget, to experience for themselves local life in an intimate and inevitable fascinating way.   

Source: The Rough Guide to Tanzania
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