The Managing Director of Tanzania Tourist Board Dr Aloyce Nzuki presents a T-shirt to his excellence Sander Gurbuz shortly after discussions at the TTB headquarters in Da es salaam.The Ambassador of Turkey in Tanzania His Excellence Sander Gurbuz has assured Tanzania Tourist Board of the full support Turkish Government in Marketing and Promoting destination Tanzania in Turkey so as to increase awareness of Tanzania’s unique tourist attritions to the people of Turkey. The ambassador disclosed that his office will undertake special assignments to attract investments by approaching and convincing Turkish investors to invest in the tourism industry.
His Excellence Gurbuz made this statement recently at Headquarters of the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) located in IPS building when he paid a visit and hold discussions with the TTB’s Managing Director Dr Aloyce Nzuki , Director of Marketing Mr. Amant Macha and other senior officials of the Board in which he promised to work closely with TTB so that to increase the number of visitors from Turkey visiting Tanzania annually.
Translation of some promotional materials in Turkish language and DVDs as one area of support to offer. He appealed to TTB to undertake aggressive marketing campaign in Turkey using various techniques such as advertising in Turkish travel trade magazines, TV travel programs, billboards in different cities etc. He said that Turkey is a very potential market for Tanzania as it is ranked number seven among the most visited countries in the world.
The ambassador discloses his happiness on the beginning of direct flights of Turkish Airline from Istanbul, Turkey to Dar es Salaam Tanzania which has been operational since 14 June, 2010. He believes this will play a vital role in linking the two countries and gear up the development of tourism sector in Tanzania.
He pointed out that having the operation of Turkish Airline in place was one of the assignments and he now feels very proud of to fulfill this mission. “My first assignment was to ensure that the Turkish Airlins flies to Tanzania, now I have one crucial task remaining ahead which is to convince investors from Turkey to come and invest in Tanzania particularly in Tourism sector”. He said.
He mentioned Tanzania as a unique destination since it has everything that can attract tourists, and predicted that about 15,000 tourists from Turkey will visit Tanzania by the end of this season. “Tanzania is a country of diversity in terms of tourism, it has everything that a tourist would like to see and enjoy. You have spectacular and unique attractions such as Kilimanjaro the highest Mountain in Africa, various wildlife, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park which is the site of Animal Migration to mention but few. He said that out of 70 Million population of Turkey, 7 million which is 10% travel abroad every year as tourists.
On his side The Managing Director of Tanzania Tourist Board Dr. Aloyce Nzuki said that TTB has been very much impressed by the commitment staged by the Government of Turkey through the Turkish ambassador in Tanzania in supporting the TTB efforts of penetrating the Turkish Market including introduction of direct flights of Turkish airline to Tanzania. “Indeed It gives us a lot of courage and we have all the reasons to intensify marketing campaign in Turkey” Commented Dr Nzuki. He added that with the introduction of the direct flights from Istanbul Turkey to Dar – es-salaam Tanzania TTB believes that the number of visitors from Turkey will constantly increase.
According to the available statistics, Tanzania receives an average of 618 tourists from Turkey.
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