Tanzania’s national carrier, Air Tanzania will soon include Nigeria on its travel route. According to digital publication, a meeting between H. E. Dr. Hamisu U. Takalmawa, High Commissioner of Nigeria to Tanzania and Eng. Ladislaus Matindi, Managing Director and Chief Executive of Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) indicates that the airline has moved a…
The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has mandated an 18% VAT on private charters operating within the United Republic of Tanzania effective from 1 January 2023. However, private charters that are operating under the below conditions are exempted from the above newly introduced VAT requirement: (a) from a place outside the United Republic to another place outside the United Republic; (b)…
The Henley Passport Index ranks Seychelles as 29th out of 199 countries for the first quarter of 2023 for the ability of the country’s passport holders to visit 153 countries visa free. The index is prepared by London-based Henley and Partners, a global citizenship and residence advisory firm. The firm uses data gathered from the International…
As part of TASOTA’s commitment to advocate for her member travel agents and partners’ interests and keep them informed on the developments in the airline/tourism industry, the Secretariat attended an Industry Stakeholders briefing consultation meeting last Monday 23rd January 2023 to develop TTB’s Corporate Strategic Plan. The session was hosted by the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB)…
Tanzania Society of Travel Agents (TASOTA) will be exhibiting at Spotlight TravelExpo 2023 | Tourism Fair in Arusha, Tanzania. 02 February – Gran Melia Conference Centre Targeting Tanzania based businesses selling inter-regional travel. Calling all Tanzanian Travel Agents & Tour Operators! Meet 25 Hotels, Resorts, Safari Lodges and Tourism Organisations from Zanzibar,…
Dar es Salaam. Foreign airlines will have to wait for at least five years to start carrying passengers from Tanzania to another country while en-route to/from a home country, as the government demands more time before opening the skies. Like other African countries that are protecting domestic operators, currently, a foreign airline can carry passengers from…
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has kicked off the recording of a documentary titled ‘The Royal Tour’. The recording of the documentary that is meant to promote Tanzania internationally started on August 28, 2021 in Zanzibar where the President is on an official visit. According to a statement released on Sunday, August 29, 2021 by Director…
Tanzania has moved its consulate offices in Mombasa from Old Town to Kizingo. High Commissioner to Kenya Dr John Simbachawene, who is rooting for faster integration of tourism activities in Kenya and Tanzania in a bid to boost intra-boundary trade, said closer working relations between the two states should be forged. Recently, Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan…
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