The new equipped tents comprise comfortable beds, mattresses and other key facilities to allow the visitors to enjoy their nights under the canopies.
ARUSHA. THE Tanzania Forest Services (TFS) has launched at least 40 modern semi- luxury tents to help maximize accommodations services to tourists at its forests reserves across the country.
The state- of- the- art wigwams will be distributed to the TFS diverse reserves, including Pugu–Kazimzumbwi (10), Vikindu (4), Rau (5), Kondoa Rock Arts (2), North Kilimanjaro–Rongai (5), West Kilimanjaro (10) and Magamba park will receive 4 tents.
Tourism officer from TFS headquarters, Ms. Salome Letore Kivuyo, said the development focuses to improve accommodation services within TFS forests reserves by allowing tourists to stay for more days.
“The tents will be distributed to the touristic forests reserves that normally attracts huge number of tourists, and we’re remaining optimistic this initiative will help to spur income from the tourism sector,” Ms. Kivuyo observed.
She noted, the new equipped tents comprise comfortable beds, mattresses and other key facilities to allow the visitors to enjoy their nights under the canopies.
” The target is to ensure the tourists enjoy the best experience while visiting at our eye- catching forests reserves” she insisted.
Before the tents to be distributed to the parks in question, Ms. Kivuyo informed that the TFS wardens will be trained on how professional to handle the new facilities, including how to open and drive them, as well as taking good care of the tents.
According to her, the tents will also play key role in ensuring for security of the visitors.
Speaking for his part, Kondoa Irangi Rock Painting Site Manager, Ms. Zuberi Mabie expressed that the timely investment will help to attract more visitors at the TFS forests reserves, the development which will automatically boost the economy of the communities surrounding the areas.
“Experience proves that good services always sensitizing the tourists to stay for long at the forest reserves, and thus, enabling the government to realize more revenues,”Â
“We welcome families and various groups within local communities to enjoy the heritage of their country in a safe and calm environment,” he appealed.
He challenged tourism companies operating in the country to continue selling key tourism packages, especially camping tourism, since the government has continued to improve key infrastructure for tourists, especially accommodation, has been improved to international standards, acceptable for local and foreign tourists,” he said.
According to TFS, the project is sustainable and will also involve the improvement of hiking trails, hiking areas and cycling infrastructure, to ensure tourists get a unique experience of nature and high quality enjoyment.
ABOUT TFS
Tanzania Forest Services (TFS) is a semi-autonomous government Executive Agency whose establishment is supported by the Executive Agency Act (Cap. 245 Revised Edition 2009), the National Forest and Beekeeping Policies adopted in March 1998 and administered through The Forest Act (No. 14 of 2002) and Beekeeping Act (No. 15 of 2002) which provides the legal framework for the management of forests and bee resources.
TFS develops and manages forest and bee resources sustainably in collaboration with stakeholders to deliver sufficient and quality goods and services to meet local and international socio-economic and environmental needs. The specific role and responsibilities of TFS are:Establishing and managing national natural forest and bee.
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