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measure to develop tourism in tanzania​

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The devastating impact of COVID-19 on the global tourism sector is clear. For many least developed countries (LDCs), tourism is a crucial source of employment, GDP contributions and foreign exchange (forex) inflows. The restrictions on air travel, mandatory quarantine of arrivals and the shutting of businesses in the tourism and hospitality sectors on top of a collapse in demand has led to an unprecedented shock.

With numerous major natural tourist attractions, Tanzania is feeling the impact. The World Bank’s 14th Tanzania Economic Update (TEU) forecasts economic growth to slow to 2.5% in 2020, from the 6.9% growth reported in 2019. Tourism operators in Tanzania are forecasting revenue contractions of 80% or more in 2020. And nationwide, the crisis could push 500,000 Tanzanians below the poverty line, with those employed in the informal economy likely to be impacted the most.

According to a Government of Tanzania study on the impacts of COVID-19 on the tourism sector, without the pandemic, the 2020 season would have attracted approximately 1.9 million tourists and generated US$2.9 billion of forex. Without the pandemic, it was expected that the government would have collected revenue of TZS 2.7 trillion (US$1.16 billion), and the sector would have provided direct employment to 622,000 people