Travel trade and tourism will be key economic sectors to benefit from the visit of Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to Tanzania as per a report in etn.
Tourism is among the top items on the business agenda set for discussions, which the Indian Prime Minister's delegation will be addressing while in Tanzania, aiming at pulling more Indian investors to invest in Tanzania's half-exploited tourist resources.
Dr. Singh, who ranks among Indian leaders with wide knowledge on African economies, will jet into Tanzania next Thursday for a three-day official visit, which will bring him into various discussions with his host, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete.
According to the Indian deputy minister for Africa and Europe in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, Vivek Katju, Dr. Singh will hold discussions with President Jakaya Kikwete on various protocols aimed at strengthening India-Tanzania and cooperation in various economic and social sector projects including tourism, agriculture, and Information Communication Technology (ICT).
Tanzania had launched a strong tourism marketing campaign in India, looking at pulling Indian hotel investors to invest in key Tanzanian tourist sites and Indian tourists to visit Tanzania. On the other hand, Indian medical tourism had in recent years attracted big numbers of Tanzanian medical tourists, mostly those attending hospital services at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi.
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