Natural Attractions in Kenya and Tanzania
Natural Attractions in Kenya and Tanzania
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French tourists flocking to destination Tanzania in droves
October 26, 2020
26Oct 2020
By Guardian Reporter
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French tourists flocking to destination Tanzania in droves
FRENCH nationals are now ranked as a leading inbound travellers coming to Tanzania thanks to government’s decision to re-open its airspace following a brief ban earlier this year due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The government allowed foreign visitors and international flights back into the country in June after a three-month ban due to the Covid-19, becoming the first country in East Africa to do so hence attract the attention of French travellers.
Tanzania National Parks’ Assistant Conservation Commissioner in charge of Business portfolio, Beatrice Kessy, said last week that records indicate that a total of 3,062 French tourists visited national parks in the period starting July to September this year. Kessy said France was followed by the US which had 2,327 holidaymakers.
She said third on the list is Germany with 1,317 visitors, followed by the UK with 1,051 tourists while Spain had 1, 050 holidaymakers and India had 844 travellers who came to the country. Other countries on the top ten list were Switzerland (727 tourists), Russia (669), Netherlands (431) and Australia (367).
“We are so grateful to French tourists for casting a vote of confidence in Tanzania as a safe destination. Their arrival plays a key role in spreading trust more widely, with benefits travelling far beyond tourism,” she explained.
Tanzania’s Ambassador to France, Samwel Shelukindo said France has become a reliable ally to the country because the European nation supports responsible and timely recovery of the tourism industry, on which millions of small businesses and jobs depend.
Shelukindo said the development has not occurred by default, but rather, was out of painstaking joint efforts spearheaded both governments and the private sector. “My office worked extra-time in close cooperation with the Mount Kilimanjaro Safari Club and Axium by Parker, as well as Tanzania Tourists Board. We have organized several meetings with tour operators and mainstream media to reassure French travellers that Tanzania is a safe destination free from Covid-19,” Shelukindo said in a recent interview.
The envoy also commended President John Pombe Magufuli’s firm position to keep the country open to business other than follow his peers’ decision to lockdown their countries for fear of the virus.
He said Dr Magufuli has joined few world leaders who have resisted to lockdown their countries such as Sweden. “I’m proud of President Magufuli’s bold stance against the virus which has boosted confidence abroad for Tanzania. I’m also heavily indebted to MKSC, Axium by Parker and TTB for their spirited campaigns to promote Tanzania as a safe destination,” he noted.
Since assuming office as the country’s envoy to France way back in 2017, Shelukindo has boosted numbers of French tourists coming to the country tremendously. Official data shows that in 2016, there were 24, 611 French tourists who visited the country but the number increased to 33,925 in 2017 and 41,330 in 2018 but reached a record 56,297 holidaymakers last year.
MKSC founder, Denis Lebouteux said in most cases, French tourists have been flocking into Tanzania in low season when the country’s national parks and hotels are almost empty. “So this is uniqueness of French tourists,” Lebouteux said, adding that they come at a time when Tanzania needs them most.
Enthralled by the country’s peace and love, its endowed wildlife, beaches and culture, French tourists are slowly, but surely becoming an important group of visitors rejuvenating the Covid-19 battered tourism industry.
With nearly 1.5 million tourist arrivals annually, wildlife tourism continues growing and cementing its position as the leading foreign currency earner in Tanzania, fetching the country U$2.5 billion, an equivalent to nearly 17.6 percent of gross domestic product. In addition, tourism also provides 600,000 direct jobs to locals and an estimated one million plus indirectly.
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Joy As Z'bar Receives Over 2000 Tourists in a Week
2 NOVEMBER 2020
Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
By Daily News Reporter in Zanzibar
AT least 1,180 tourists from Eastern Europe landed at Zanzibar's Abeid Amani Karume International Airport on Saturday, recording an increase of visitors in the Isles since the outbreak of Covid-19.
The tourists, aboard Azur, and Royal airline - charter flights were from Uzbekistan (400 tourists), Ukraine (250 tourists), and Russia (537).
They were warmly welcomed by the government authorities led by the Tourism Commission of Zanzibar (TCZ) Director Dr Abdalla Mohamed.
"We should be happy with the increasing number of tourists after the ease of covid-19 in our country. We expect more tourists to arrive in the country as days pass, I can assure the public that the business is getting back to normal," said Mr Mohamed.
The Deputy Chairman of Tourism Commission of Zanzibar, Mr Khamis Mbeto Khamis told the 'Daily News' that on October 24, a total of 180 tourists arrived from Poland, followed by 250 tourists from Ukraine two days later, on October 28 a total of 400 tourists and 350 others arrived from Russia and Ukraine respectively.
"Everyone in Zanzibar must be happy with this development. Tour operators, taxi drivers, suppliers of commodities, Hoteliers and their staff are getting back to work. Also our local flights are also busy flying tourists to Tanzania mainland's National Parks," said Mr Khamis.
The TCZ chairman attributed the improvement to the ongoing global advertisements on tourism attractions in Tanzania considering the measures taken by the country in combating Covid-19.
"We are a free Covid-19 nation, this is well explained and understood by tourists across the World," he noted.
He said since the resume of tourists business in June, this year, the government came up with workable strategies with tourist operators, and also wrote to Tanzania ambassadors to various countries to implement a special work plan for promoting the sector.
"We also had an Italian ambassador to Tanzania to confirm that all is good in the country. Over 60 per cent of tourists' visiting Zanzibar is from Italy," he said.
Mr Khamis said that the target is to record 800,000 tourists' arrival by 2025 as it appears in the Chama Cha Mapiduzi (CCM) manifesto, but if all goes well, he said the target will be met within one year.
On average tourists spend five to eight days in the country, and in addition to spending, they pay 50 US dollar on arrival. He said this week, about 350 tourists are expected to arrive in the country from South Africa followed by 550 others from Russia.
Mr Abdalla Ali Hassan Mwinyi, one of the tourists' operators here and Members of the Parliament-Elect for Mahonda commented said: "this is an indication that our future is bright,". He asked wananchi to maintain peace and stability to pave way for tourism growth."
The outgoing Minister for Information, Tourism, and Heritage Mr Mahmoud Thabit said tourism is one of most important industries, employing 60,000 people, supporting economic growth and building the country's image.
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January 11, 2021
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Charter flights from Russia to Zanzibar, add more money to Tanzania's Economy
Чартерные рейсы в Танзанию
Azur Air and RoyalFlight operating Boeing 777s from Russia and Ukraine are now doing direct charter flights to Zanzibar. The RoyalFlight will operate after every 5 to 8 days with a total number of 84 flights until March 2021.
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Charter flights from Russia to Zanzibar, add more money to Tanzania's Economy
Чартерные рейсы в Танзанию
Azur Air and RoyalFlight operating Boeing 777s from Russia and Ukraine are now doing direct charter flights to Zanzibar. The RoyalFlight will operate after every 5 to 8 days with a total number of 84 flights until March 2021.
January 4 , 2021
This video is about the first days of our stay in Zanzibar in December 20 th year. Airport, hotel overview and first excursion
Это видео о первых днях нашего пребывания на Занзибаре в декабре 20-го года. Аэропорт, обзор отеля и первая экскурсия
This video is about the first days of our stay in Zanzibar in December 20 th year. Airport, hotel overview and first excursion
Это видео о первых днях нашего пребывания на Занзибаре в декабре 20-го года. Аэропорт, обзор отеля и первая экскурсия
11 January 2021
Abeid Amani Karume international airport
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Undeterred by Health Warnings in 2021, Russians Flocking to Africa's Islands of Zanzibar
Не обращая внимания на предупреждения о здоровье, россияне стекаются на африканские острова Занзибар
Abeid Amani Karume international airport
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Undeterred by Health Warnings in 2021, Russians Flocking to Africa's Islands of Zanzibar
Не обращая внимания на предупреждения о здоровье, россияне стекаются на африканские острова Занзибар
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2-Million-Year-Old Stone Tools Unearthed in Tanzania
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An international team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists has discovered a large collection of 2-million-year-old stone tools, fossilized bones and plant materials at the site of Ewass Oldupa in the western portion of the ancient basin of Olduvai Gorge (now Oldupai) in northern Tanzania. The discovery reveals that the earliest Olduvai hominins used diverse, rapidly changing environments that ranged from fern meadows to woodland mosaics, naturally burned landscapes, to lakeside woodland/palm groves as well as steppes.
The site of Ewass Oldupa in Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania. Image credit: Michael Petraglia.
The newly-discovered stone tools belong to the Oldowan, the oldest-known stone tool industry.
Dating as far back as 2.6 million years ago, the Oldowan tools were likely manufactured by Homo habilis, and are a major milestone in human evolutionary history.
“Our research sheds further light on our distant origins and evolutionary history,” said co-author Professor Tristan Carter, a researcher in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University.
“The exposed canyon wall reveals 2 million years of geological history and ancient sediments have preserved the stone artifacts remarkably, as well as human and faunal remains.”
The concentration of stone tools and animal fossils (wild cattle, pigs, hippos, panthers, lions, hyena, primates, reptiles, and birds) at the Ewass Oldupa site are evidence that both human and animal life centered around water sources.
“Our research reveals that the geological, sedimentary and plant landscapes around Ewass Oldupa changed a lot, and quickly,” the researchers said.
“Yet humans kept coming back here to use local resources for over 200,000 years.”
“They used a great diversity of habitats: fern meadows, woodland mosaics, naturally burned landscapes, lakeside palm groves, steppes.”
“These habitats were regularly blanketed by ash or reworked by mass flows associated with volcanic eruptions.”
“The occupation of varied and unstable environments, including after volcanic activity, is one of the earliest examples of adaptation to major ecological transformations,” said co-author Dr. Pastory Bushozi, a researcher at Dar es Salaam University.
The stone tools from Ngorongoro Formation, Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania: (a) quartzite multipolar-multifacial core; (b-c) quartzite flakes; (d) ignimbrite chopping-tool; (e) ignimbrite chopper; (f) quartzite unipolar longitudinal core; (g) quartzite multipolar-multifacial core; (h) quartzite spheroid; (i) quartzite flakes; (j-l) quartzite flakes. Image credit: Mercader et al., doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20176-2.
The scientists also compared the chemical composition of the Ewass Oldupa tools and determined the majority of rocks used to make them had been obtained 12 km (7.5 miles) away from the site.
“This indicates planned behavior at an early stage in human evolution,” said co-author Julien Favreau, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University.
“The artifacts are truly spectacular in terms of their age, but what they really show is that through time, human ancestors were occupying vastly different environments with only one tool kit. It really speaks to their behavioral flexibility and ecological adaptability.”
“Geological, sedimentary and plant landscapes were changing dramatically and quickly at the time,” said lead author Dr. Julio Mercader, a researcher in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Calgary.
Thanks to past and ongoing radiometric work, the team was able to date the artifacts to a period known as the Early Pleistocene, 2 million years ago.
What’s not clear is which hominin species made the tools.
“We did not recover hominin fossils, but the remains of Homo habilis have been found in the younger sediments from another site just 350 m (1,148 feet) away,” the authors said.
“It’s likely that either Homo habilis or a member of the genus Paranthropus — remains of which have also been found at Olduvai Gorge previously — was the tool maker. More research will be needed to be sure.”
The findings were published in the journal Nature Communications.
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J. Mercader et al. 2021. Earliest Olduvai hominins exploited unstable environments ~ 2 million years ago. Nat Commun 12, 3; doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20176-2
2-Million-Year-Old Stone Tools Unearthed in Tanzania | Archaeology, Paleoanthropology | Sci-News.com
An international team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists has discovered a large collection of 2-million-year-old stone tools, fossilized bones and plant materials at the site of Ewass Oldupa in the western portion of the ancient basin of Olduvai Gorge (now Oldupai) in northern Tanzania.