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TOURISM IN TANZANIA

TOURISM IN TANZANIA. DISPARITIES IN DEVELOPMENT TOURIST AND NON TOURIST AREAS These slides are just the text from the powerpoint you saw in class. . WHAT IS TANZANIA’S TOURIST INDUSTRY?. SOME FACTS: Every year over 600,000 visitors arrive.

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TOURISM IN TANZANIA

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  1. TOURISM IN TANZANIA DISPARITIES IN DEVELOPMENT TOURIST AND NON TOURIST AREAS These slides are just the text from the powerpoint you saw in class.

  2. WHAT IS TANZANIA’S TOURIST INDUSTRY? SOME FACTS: • Every year over 600,000 visitors arrive. • 150,000 Tanzanians are employed in the industry. • Accounts for 16% of GDP. • Safari’s account for 80% of tourist activities – with 12 national parks (25% of Tanzania’s land is protected). • Income rose from US$65 million in 1990 to $750 million in 2002. • Domestic tourism is increasing slowly. • Arusha, Dar Es Salaam and Zanzibar are the most common destinations for Tourists.

  3. WHAT IS TANZANIA’S TOURIST INDUSTRY? Both natural …. • Hot air ballooning over the Serengeti National Park. • Wildlife in the national parks. • Tropical beaches along the coast.

  4. What are the attractions? And to a lesser extentcultural… • Architecture is a popular attraction in the coastal urban centres. Modern and historic mosques make great photos. • Maasai are a popular attraction for tourists

  5. Tourism and people… • There are some disparities found between tourist and non-tourist areas. These disparities are not as obvious as others… however, as the tourism industry grows, so to will the disparities. TOURIST AREAS = • Arusha (gateway town to national • Parks) and Zanzibar Island. NON TOURIST AREAS = • Kigoma and Shinyanga • (rural, isolated farming areas)

  6. What disparities can we see? LET’S COMPARE A VILLAGE IN KIGOMA AND VILLAGE NEAR ARUSHA Tourism is not the only reason for the disparities BUTit does increase/widen the differences… KIGOMA (Chankele) • 1 main dirt road • Houses mud and thatch • 100 students per class • Dispensary has 1 nurse • 1 hospital in region • No electricity – use wood ARUSHA (Longido) • 1 sealed road • Houses concrete and iron • 50 students per class • Dispensary with 1 doctor and 2 nurses • Electricity and Phone lines in the village

  7. ADVANTAGES OF TOURISM: • Tourist’s pay US$30 - $100 per day to visit parks. A portion of this funding is used to help nearby communities – to encourage them to support the conservation of wildlife. • Schools, small hospitals are all being upgraded in the region using money from tourism. • Areas without national parks do not receive the same support

  8. ADVANTAGES OF TOURISM: RUSHA HAS MANY CULTURAL TOURISM PROGRAMMES… These programme are found in many villages in the Arusha area. • Tourists pay a fee ($25 - $100) to visit villages and learn about their daily life – food preparation, medicines, crafts, housing, farming, etc. • All proceeds go to the community and is used to build schools, improve water/sanitation facilities, run the dispensary, etc.

  9. ADVANTAGES OF TOURISM: • Villages with the cultural tourism programme have a higher standard of living – access to more resources. • However, places like KIGOMA/SHINYANGA do not have tourists as too isolated and therefore do not benefit from these cultural programmes.

  10. ADVANTAGES OF TOURISM: INFRASTRUCTURE Arusha’sroading network is much more developed than Kigoma’s. Higher % of people in Arusha have access to power and phone facilities. • Power lines are found at even budget lodges in and around the national parks. Local residents can use the electricity grid. • Roads in Arusha are being upgraded.

  11. ADVANTAGES OF TOURISM: EMPLOYMENT • Tertiary employment opportunities are available where tourists are found. This shopping centre (The Slipway) for tourists offers retail, restaurant, travel, transport jobs for over 300 people. • This Maasai tourist market sells 100’s of handicraft everyday. Artists/carvers benefit from the relatively high prices paid by tourists.

  12. DISADVANTAGES OF TOURISM: Tourists do create some problems in Tanzania – • Tourists can affect the culture they interact with (e.g. Maasai now wanting western material goods such children eating sweets, but don’t use toothpaste = increased tooth decay). • Competition for tourist money / jobs in major centres can cause conflict and jealously. • The largest portion of tourism income is focused on improving tourism services – not the local community. • Many of the tourism companies are owned by foreign owners, and profits don’t always stay in Tanzania. • Reliance on industry makes it vulnerable (e.g. Terrorism - USA Embassy was bombed in Dar Es Salaam).

  13. Ranking Kigoma and Arusha • In 1999 all 20 regions of Tanzania were ranked from most deprived (1) to least deprived (20) by the government. Here is where Arusha and Kigoma ranked. • * = Infant mortality rate, Life expectancy and Death rate. What indicator does not fit the picture? Why would Kigoma’snutrition level be high? • KIGOMA REGION GDP per Capita = 2 Literacy rate = 4 Health status* = 4 Nutrition level = 15 • ARUSHA REGION GDP per Capita = 18 Literacy rate = 15 Health status* = 17 Nutrition level = 14

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