Stakeholders fault Tanzania for cutting tourism budget 

Tourists Tanzania

Tourist watching wildebeest crossing Lake Ndutu in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania.

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Tanzania’s tourism players say the decision to cut down the budget allocation for the next fiscal year will undermine the country’s very policy targeting to raise the number of visitors.

The Tourism Confederation of Tanzania (TCT) expressed its disappointment after the budget allocation to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism was slashed from Tsh596.1 billion ($230 million) to Tsh317.4 billion ($122.4 million) in the 2025/26 financial year.