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Tanzania, Kenya vie for top slot in region’s tourism
Wooing tourists to buy curios in Kenya. Though Kenya has consistently beaten Tanzania over the past decade in terms of the numbers of international tourist arrivals, it records less average expenditure by tourists per trip. Photo/FILE
Posted Monday, February 8 2010 at 00:00
Mr Balala said that under such an arrangement, the EAC countries will have joint tourism training, tourism statistics collection systems, and taxation regimes, besides pooling marketing resources and having a single regional stand at international fairs.
The minister wants each EAC country to set up regional centres of excellence in areas that they have comparative advantage to avoid competition amongst countries’ tourism training institutions.
Other joint strategies that have been proposed include harmonisation of taxation regimes based on the EAC protocols to eliminate any unfair competition.
A series of initiatives are ongoing towards this end including a recent joint training of assessors for classification of hotels and restaurants using the newly established East African Classification Standards.
This is aimed at harmonizing registration and classification of accommodation facilities in the region.
The minister wants each EAC country to set up regional centers of excellence in areas that they have comparative advantage to avoid competition amongst countries’ tourism training institutions.
Other joint strategies that have been proposed include harmonization of taxation regimes based on the EAC protocols to eliminate any unfair competition.
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