By: Geofrey Tengeneza.
Tourism sector in Tanzania is continuing
to perform well at international arena after the country’s responsible organ
for marketing Tanzania as a tourist destination Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB),
being named one of three finalists in Destination:-
Best Tourist Board Africa category for the 2015 Travvy Awards that recognizes
the highest standards of excellence in the Industry today and honors travel
companies, travel products, travel agencies, travel executives, travel agents
and travel destinations. Other
two finalist countries under the category are South Africa Tourism and Namibia
Tourism Board.
Selection
of the finalists is based on votes by travel agents. The final two winners in
the respective categories are determined by the award-winning Travel Alliance
editorial team.The
Annual Travvy Awards will be presented by TravAlliancemedia at a Gala Awards
night, New York City, January 6, 2016.
“Tanzania is honored to be among the finalists
for Africa. This is the result of the dedicated and pro-active work in the US
market by Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB), together with The Bradford Group, TTB’s
USA representative, and the strong support of Tanzania National Parks and
Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority as well as the Tanzania Embassy in
Washington and the Tanzania Mission to the UN in New York.“ commented,
the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Tourism Dr. Adelhelm Meru
He
further said that In addition to Tanzania having some of the world’s most
renown tourism icons, the Serengeti and the Great Animal Migration, Mt.
Kilimanjaro, the Ngorongoro Crater as well as the hidden gems of the South, the
Selous Game Reserve and Ruaha National Park, visitors from all over the world
are also attracted to Tanzania because of its peace and tranquility, stability
and prevailing democracy in the country that makes Tanzania a suitable place to
stay for visitors.
This new development comes after
recent developments where Tanzania
mainland and Zanzibar were named by the US Travel and
Leisure Magazine among the annual
Best Places to Travel in 2016. Tanzania was also named among 52 places to go
this year by the ‘New York Times’, the best African Destination to visit by the
Fox News Channel, the best safari Country of Africa by SafariBookings.com and
Tanzania’s Mt Kilimanjaro and Serengeti National Park being named two of the
greatest parks in the World by National Geographic Magazine to mention just a
few. Destination Tanzania has also
received continuous positive coverage in the major travel publications and
broadcast media.
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