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Spending a few days in the Selous Game Reserve in Southern Tanzania

Apolinary Tairo - eTN Tanzania- April 1, 2017 0

Three years after successful crushing of the Maji Maji uprising in 1907 between the locals and German forces in the then Deutche Ost Africa, now ... Read More

The no. 1 safari in the world

Andrew J. Wood - eTN Thailand- March 18, 2017 0

We had been impressed with our friends' recollections of their African experiences after visiting Tanzania. We started thinking about a safari in Africa. Where to ... Read More

Precision Air beefs up routes in the summer and fall

Chief Assignment Editor- March 15, 2017 0

Tanzanian airline, Precision Air, provides scheduled flight services to over 10 destinations within and outside Tanzania from its main hub, Dar es Salaam. Come this ... Read More

Tanzania Tourist Board hoping for improved sales in key source markets

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- March 14, 2017 0

The Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) used their presence at this year's ITB tourism trade show in Berlin to sign three five-year deals with marketing representative ... Read More

Earthquake rattles Lake Tanganyika area

Chief Assignment Editor- February 23, 2017 0

A 6.1 quake struck the Lake Tanganyika region at 00:32:15 UTC today, February 24, 2017 at a depth of 10 kilometers. The epicenter of the ... Read More

Tourist hotels in Tanzania in the spotlight over illicit drug deals

Apolinary Tairo - eTN Tanzania- February 21, 2017 0

Tourist hotels and several tourist recreational facilities in Tanzania’s commercial city of Dar es Salaam are in the spotlight, accused of working closely and in ... Read More

Tanzania’s ‘Oil Capital’ Mtwara set for airport expansion

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- February 18, 2017 0

The Tanzanian region of Mtwara in the south of the country has gained global prominence over the natural gas finds off shore, said to be ... Read More

Marriot International chain of hotels enters Zanzibar

Apolinary Tairo - eTN Tanzania- February 15, 2017 0

Marriott International is in final talks with Pennyroyal Gibraltar for the management of Zanzibar Amber Resort in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The new luxury hotel whose development ... Read More

Wildlife census to establish real numbers in key transboundary game area

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- February 10, 2017 0

The  Kenya Wildlife Service, in cooperation with their counterparts in Tanzania, TANAPA, will early next week commence an aerial game census in the key elephant ... Read More

Safety conscious Precision Air renews IATA certifications

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- February 10, 2017 0

Tanzania’s only publicly traded airline at the Dar es Salaam stock exchange, Precision Air Services, has successfully renewed its IATA’s Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). Precision ... Read More

Tanzania Tourism Trade stand with St.Ange of Seychelles for the UNWTO elections

eturbonews- January 27, 2017 0

var bannersnack_embed = {"hash":"bxtp0xvds","width":150,"height":50,"t":1485407935,"userId":11891656,"type":"html5"}; Corina Fernandes, Executive Secretary of the Tanzania Society of Travel Agents (TASOTA) has written to the Secretary General of the United Nations World ... Read More

Tanzania eyes tourists from Southeast Asia, the Pacific Rim and Brazil

Apolinary Tairo - eTN Tanzania- January 24, 2017 0

Looking to attract 3 million tourists in the next 2 years, Tanzania has switched its marketing plans to focus at new emerging market sources in ... Read More

Struggling TAZARA Zambian Tracks hit by strike

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- January 23, 2017 0

Reports are coming in that TAZARA, the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority, has suspended passenger trains from the border between Tanzania and Zambia to the endstation ... Read More

Coastal Aviation and Air Kenya seal code share deal

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- January 21, 2017 0

Coastal Aviation (TZ), Tanzania's largest privately owned safari aviation company and Air Kenya have signed an interline agreement for transfer of passengers between the Serengeti ... Read More

New terminal at Dar es Salaam airport faces more delays

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- January 20, 2017 0

Tanzania's Minister for Transport, Prof. Makame Mbarawa, who was recently in the news, after lashing out at Tanzania's foremost airport handling company Swissport in a ... Read More

Elephant killing threatens tourism in Selous Game Reserve

Apolinary Tairo - eTN Tanzania- January 20, 2017 0

Elephant poaching in southern Tanzania wildlife conserved parks is under spotlight by wildlife conservation groups worried over negative economic consequences with losses in tourist gains. ... Read More

Looking for Israel tourists, Tanzania set to establish embassy in Tel Aviv

Apolinary Tairo - eTN Tanzania- January 19, 2017 0

Tanzania is looking to attract Israel tourists and business stakeholders, while Tanzanian Christian pilgrims are looking up to visit Israel in rising numbers through visa ... Read More

“Whose interests do you serve?” ask aviation pundits over ministerial outburst

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- January 14, 2017 0

Tanzania's Transport Minister, Prof. Makame Mbarawa, has been challenged to provide facts over his recent outburst against the main ground-handling agency at Dar es Salaam's ... Read More

Epic kiteboard journey reaches Zanzibar’s Nungwi point

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- January 14, 2017 0

At around 4pm on Friday, January 13, 6 kiteboarders and 2 windsurfers have reached Nungwi, Kendwa Rocks in Zanzibar. This brings to an end a ... Read More

Fastjet raises December punctuality rate to 90 percent

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- January 7, 2017 0

Fastjet PLC, currently operating two airlines in Tanzania and Zimbabwe, has just released their monthly punctuality rate for December 2016. The rise from the previous ... Read More

Air Tanzania to fight ticket fraud with new technology

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- January 7, 2017 0

Information has emerged from Dar es Salaam that the new management at Air Tanzania, under pressure from President Magufuli to part with the old ways ... Read More

New Shareholder for Fastjet

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- January 5, 2017 0

There is renewed hope for Fastjet, Tanzania's and Zimbabwe's low cost airline with continental aspirations, that 2017 will finally see a major financial turnaround. Solenta ... Read More

Few details available after Cessna C406 aircraft catches fire on Sasakwa airstrip

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- January 5, 2017 0

Details remain sketchy over information received about an aircraft accident at the Sasakwa airstrip just outside the Serengeti in Tanzania. The Cessna C406 is said ... Read More

Air Tanzania rivival: More domestic flights

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- December 28, 2016 0

With now three Bombardier turboprop aircraft in operation, two brand new Q400NG's and one Q300, has Air Tanzania stepped up their flights to key destinations ... Read More

Etihad Airways signs codeshare agreement with Tanzania’s Precision Air

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- December 20, 2016 0

In a move that extends its reach across East Africa, Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, earlier today announced that it ... Read More

Etihad Codeshare with Precision Air seen as an endorsement

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- December 19, 2016 0

In a move that extends its reach across East Africa, Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, earlier today announced that it ... Read More

Tanzania’s tourism stakeholders say they lost confidence in their minister

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- December 19, 2016 0

'The meeting with our Minister was shambles,' ranted a regular Arusha based contributor before adding 'He got no grip on the industry, he does not ... Read More

Air Tanzania expanding on domestic routes

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- December 12, 2016 0

The new team installed at Air Tanzania, and under orders by both President Magufuli and his transport minister to show results or else, has wasted ... Read More

More domestic destinations served with new aircraft

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- December 12, 2016 0

The new team installed at Air Tanzania, and under orders by both Tanzania President Magufuli and his transport minister to show results or else, has ... Read More

Air Tanzania set for long-haul operations

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome - eTN Africa- December 6, 2016 0

After purchasing 5 brand-new aircraft from Canadian manufacturer Bombardier, among them 3 Q400NGs and 2 of the recently-launched CS300s, the Tanzanian government has made a ... Read More