TANZANIA (eTN) – With the growing number of tourists visiting Tanzania every year, Tanzania National Parks authority has identified key areas for tourist investments for hotel development in less visited tourist attractive wildlife parks in southern and western Tanzania.
To accomplish its mission, the national parks management has set 34 areas in less visited parks located in southern and western parts of Tanzania as a new initiative to attract more tourists to visit Tanzania.
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National Parks director general Mr. Allan Kijazi said more investments in tourist accommodation were badly needed in Tanzania’s less developed, but, attractive wildlife parks located in southern and western corners of this country.
Among these parks, are Katavi near Zambian border, Mikumi, Ruaha, Kitulo, Rubondo, Gombe and Mahale chimpanzee parks.
Mr. Kijazi said over 75 percent of tourists visiting Tanzania prefer the wildlife parks, so, there has been a great need to increase the number of beds in most wildlife parks, from the present 6,681 beds to 8,421 beds in the forthcoming years.
Ruaha National Park in southern highlands of Tanzania is the leading in demand for more hotels. Located in the southern highlands of Tanzania, Ruaha National Park, the largest wildlife Eden in East Africa, is almost lacking adequate hotel and accommodation facilities to cater to its tourist inflows.
Counted as the wildest safari park and largest protected wildlife park in East Africa, Ruaha covers an area of 20,226 kilometers full of African wildlife, but with less than ten medium-sized lodges to cater to tourists visiting this park.
Ruaha, which boasts 10,000 elephants, the largest population of any East African national park, protects a vast tract of the rugged semi-arid bush country that characterizes central Tanzania. Its lifeblood is the Great Ruaha River, which courses along the Eastern boundary of the park.
Also, the park is the home to over 450 bird species. The Usangu Game Reserve includes the Ihefu Wetland, the natural water reservoir for the Great Ruaha River which supports life to a big number of wildlife in the area.
The Tanzania’s Southern Tourist Circuit has the most potential for attracting more tourists and is quickly becoming the focal point for tourism development.
The Circuit offers a wealth of tourist attractions and amenities, however, what is lacking in the area is quick and easy access to those sites and accommodation facilities.
