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At the gracious invitation of the Government of
the United Republic of Tanzania, the World Tourism Organization is
organizing the First Pan-African Conference on Sustainable
Tourism Management in National Parks and Protected Areas: Challenges and
Opportunities in Arusha from 15 to 18 October 2012. The
Conference is being organized in collaboration with the Tanzanian
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism.
The conference aims to encourage professional approach to better position “park tourism” as one of the core components of overall national park management in Africa and to acquire an overview of the current challenges in terms of demand and supply chain. Furthermore new partnerships and business models shall impulse re-engineering of park management structures in order to maximize the economics and social benefits to the local communities.Nature-based tourism or eco-tourism is a large and growing global industry, partially dependent upon the attributes of the natural environment and biodiversity wildlife and scenery which represent one of Africa’s strategic competitive advantages as a destination.
The town of Arusha, Tanzania is the country’s
safari capital located in the north of the country. It has a population
of 427,185 (2005 est.). This city is located on a plateau in the Great
Rift Valley amidst the Serengeti plains, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake
Manyara, Tarangire National Park, and Mount Kilimanjaro.
