Imechangiwa na:ABDULWAKIL SAIBOKO, 30th March 2009 @ 10:41
Tujiulize hivi, (1) Tanzania inapata nini tokana na kuchukuliwa kideo hiki, na (2) Kwa kufanya hivyo, tutaongeza au tutapunguza watalii? Waziri haelekei kujibu maswali haya!


The government has signed a contract with International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) for the international live broadcast of wildebeest migration to be done in the Serengeti National Park (SENAPA). The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr Ladislaus Komba, said in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the event would boost tourism industry in the country. The great wildebeest migration in East Africa normally takes place in Serengeti from December to May every year. “In the course of the migration thousands of wildebeest and zebras migrate through the Serengeti ecosystem, constantly driven by their search for fresh pastures, water and safe places for calving,” Dr Komba said. He said that the decision to broadcast live the migration was due to the fact that Serengeti was among the wonders of the world. Dr Komba said that the broadcast aimed at proving to the World on how great the Serengeti is and shows that it deserves its merit as one of the wonders of the world. He said that the exercise would be done by a team of 12 people. Eight are from the ministry and the remaining four are from the IYPE. “This will bring in the country more tourists and hence contribute much to the economy of the country. Currently the sector’s contribution to GDP is about 17 per cent while 25 per cent of foreign exchange earnings are from the tourism sector,” he said. IYPE’s Media Officer, Mr Dan Molina said that the broadcasting also aims at portraying the science involved in the migration process. He said that the broadcasting would also explain the impact of the migration to the people nearby SENAPA.“We aim at taking the wonders of SENAPA in to the next level,” he said. The PS said that all costs related to the exercise would be covered by IYPE and that the company has been into such kind of activities in several other countries.