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Tanzania to Introduce New Tourism License Fee Structure in 2018

December 26, 2017
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The Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism of Tanzania, Dr Hamis Kigwangalla, has announced that in January 2018 a new Tourism Agency Licensing (TTBL) structure will be introduced.

Under the new structure, foreign tour operators with 10 to 30 vehicles will pay a yearly Tanzania Tourism Business License (TTBL) of USD 5,000 per year, USD 7,5000 for 31 to 50 vehicles, and USD 10,000 from 51 vehicles and above.

Local operators with 1 to 3 vehicles will pay a TTBL of USD 500 per year, US 2,000 for 4 to 10 vehicles, USD 3,000 for 11 to 50 cars, and USD 5,000 for 51 vehicles and above.

Until now, foreign tourist operators were required to pay a TTBL of 5,000 USD and local tour operators a TTBL of USD 2,000, regardless of their size of their fleet.

The new TTBL fee structure is intended to make it affordable for smaller local companies to operate.

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According to the latest available statistics, in 2016 the number of tourist arrivals reached 1,284,279 increasing, up by +12.9% from 1,137,182 recorded in 2015.

The county’s tourism earnings rose by 12.1% to USD 2,131.6 million in 2016 from USD 1,902.0 million recorded in 2015, equivalent to 17.6% of the country’s GDP.

Additionally, tourism provides 600,000 direct jobs and 1 million indirect jobs to Tanzanians.

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