The sector has been depending mostly on wildlife, but now the government and other stakeholders are proposing an expansion to include conference and meeting tourism to ensure that visitors also tour attractions in the Southern Circuit and Lake Victoria Zone.

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The Tanzania Tourist Board managing director Devota Mdachi told The EastAfrican that the board is working hard to attract international conferences to Tanzania, an idea that banks on the hotels available in Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Arusha.

The Ministry of Tourism will also establish a Tanzania National Convention Bureau to oversee the development.

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“Our target is to build meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions tourism for large groups,” Ms Mdachi told The EastAfrican.