Tanzania: Tourists vs Traders - Who Will Make a Killing?

Dar es Salaam — On display among the bold African patterns and chunky jewellery, a carved giraffe flashes a price tag of 20,000 Tanzanian shillings (15 US dollars).

Handicraft trader Rose Mfinga says she will have to bargain hard to get half that price. "People refuse to pay. I (inflate) my prices. That is what we are used to doing," Mfinga tells IPS at a recent craft sale in a public green space in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's commercial hub.

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