The hotbed of opportunities in the tourism sector has given so much room and space for diverse companies to venture in the industry. These opportunities are not merely problems that have come up, although that forms a small pack of the establishment of tourism guides and companies, but the market is wide.
However, there has been news of irregularities in the industry that has come to the attention of authorities.
Tanzanian government has threatened to deregister tour operators running against rules and regulations governing the tourism industry in the East African nation.
Jumanne Maghembe, Tanzania’s Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, said that there are unscrupulous tour operators, who are behind conning tourists wishing to visit the country’s tourist destinations. The deceitful tour operators were denting the prospects and good fortunes offered by the tourism industry, according to Maghembe. “I had instructed the director of the tourism department, Deograsias Mdamu, to identify such operators and strike off those known to con unsuspecting tourists.
“We’ve been receiving a lot of such cases and as a government, we will not condone them…we can’t be at the mercy of such crooks,” cautioned the minister. He insisted that the government will continue taking swift and stern actions against rogue tour operators for the good of the sector. Tanzania earns $2 billion annually from the tourism industry. The sector contributes 17 per cent to the country’s GDP as well as offering thousands of direct and indirect job opportunities.
