Tanzania asks tourists to pay using local currency
Tourists camping at few meters away from Sand River waiting for the wildebeests to cross from Tanzania's Serengeti National Park as migration kicks off. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Tanzania’s Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources has ordered that all fees and charges in the tourism sector be paid in local currency, in line with a government directive that all local transactions be in the country's shillings.
The directive covers even Tourism Business Licence fees, filming permits and visiting fees.