In a bid to boost foreign currency earnings, the Tourist Board of Tanzania (TTB) is working to increase the number of tourists from 1.49 million it was in the previous year to two million in the coming year.

Tourism has been one of the major sources of hard currency in Tanzania and has also attracted lots of tourists from places like Israel, China,Britain, Germany, Italy and France.

“We were given target of attracting and raising the number of tourists to two million by 2020. We are moving on the right direction to meet the target,” TTB Managing Director Ms Devota Mdachi said.

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