DODOMA: TANZANIA’S tourism sector has earned the country 3.3 billion US dollars (about 8.25tri/-) as of December last year, thanks to the Royal Tour film starred by President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
According to the Parliamentary Committee on Land, Natural Resources and tourism, the earnings are equivalent to 25 per cent of all foreign exchange in the country.
Tabling a report on activities undertaken by the committee in 2023 here on Thursday, Chairman Timotheo Mnzava said that tourism sector is leading in foreign exchange earnings, contributing more than 20 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
He said tourism sector has recorded unprecedented statistics since the country gained independence.
“tourism experts attribute these achievements to the efforts by President Samia Suluhu Hassan to market the sector by featuring in the Royal Tour documentary,” he said.
He said as of December last year, as per Bank of Tanzania Quarterly Economic Review of the…
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