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On February 25th Houston Travel Marketing arranged the first ever Spotlight on East Africa Virtual Expo. Only suppliers from East Africa countries were permitted to exhibit. 35 exhibitors from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda participated and 139 Buyers from 23 countries registered to attend. More than 600 virtual zoom appointments were made between Exhibitors and buyers. The result however was really encouraging and thus Houston Travel Marketing Services with the support of TASOTA, are planning another East Africa specific Virtual expo in Dar Es Salaam, late July 2021.
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GEOLOGICAL TOURISM: NEW TOURIST PRODUCT IN EAST AFRICA
Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) management is now developing tourist lodges and other visitor service facilities in the Geopark to attract more tourists, both foreign and local visitors. Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Northern Tanzania is one of the famous tourist attraction sites in East Africa, where geological features have added to the value of tourist products available there, besides wildlife. These geological features have been collectively established as Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark within the wildlife-rich Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Most attractive among these geological hotspots is Mount Oldonyo Lengai – an active volcano in Tanzania.
March - 2020
BULGARIAN BOXERS GET SET TO MARKET TANZANIA
Top Bulgarian professional boxers have defied the global fear of the new Covid-19 outbreaks and flew to Tanzania ready to sample the Northern circuit’s tourist attractions as well as using the excursion to help market the country abroad. Kubrat Pulev and Tervel Pulev were in Arusha, visited the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, precisely the legendary wildlife-filled crater as well as witnessing the annual wildebeest calving season which they described to be ‘spectacular!’. Kubrat Venkov Pulev, a Bulgarian professional boxer boasting in the European heavyweight title twice between 2012 and 2016, and has challenged twice for the unified world heavyweight title in 2014 and December 2020. His younger brother Tervel Venkov Pulev, is also a Bulgarian professional boxer, holding the World Boxing Association (WBA) International cruiserweight title since December 2019 and previously the European Union Cruiserweight title in 2018.
AURIC AIR TRAVEL UPDATE
Whilst closely monitoring and following the guidelines set by the Tanzanian authorities and WHO, Auric Air Services Limited have resumed back and increased their own vigilance, including ramping up hygiene and cleanliness standards, of their facilities and aircraft by having developed internal procedures for the safety of their employees and partners. For the confidence of passengers, they have implemented sanitizing procedures at all our check- in desks as well as at aircraft boarding points and office and aircraft disinfecting procedures whereby all our offices are being disinfected twice daily while aircraft are being disinfected after every arrival. Travel with us, Feel Safe.
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