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Tourism provides a robust stream of
revenues for the country, with benefits that reverberate
widely through the economy. The sector generates the bulk of
exports for the country. As a relatively labor-intensive
sector, tourism serves as a robust source of good quality
jobs in the country, with the potential to alleviate
poverty. This report explores the contribution, the
potential, and the challenges that confront the sector. It
briefly describes the structure of the sector in Tanzania
and compares it to some of its closest competitors in
Sub-Saharan Africa. It identifies the limits and
opportunities of current policy priorities through a series
of integrated economic-biological models and suggests
alternative strategies for growth and development of the
industry. It begins with a brief overview of the sector and
then explores alternative development paths for the sector -
one which focuses on the established northern circuit and
the other which explores the opportunities and constraints
of diversifying tourism into the southern circuit,
especially in the Ruaha landscape.
