Africa: Tanzania Is Ireland's Major Tourist Destination

Dar es Salaam — Tanzania is now a holiday destination of preferred choice for the Irish, recent reports suggest. Holiday bookings to Tanzania from Ireland have risen almost 400 per cent between November 2017 and July 2018, according to the Manchester, UK-based tour firm Travel Counsellors.

Although the tour firm did not say exactly how many tourists would be coming to the country on the back of the holiday bookings, it was nonetheless obvious that Ireland is not yet part of the five top tourist source markets for Tanzania. The spokeswoman for the company, Cathy Burke, was quoted by Irish media as saying that "the Irish prefer the more memorable experiences offered by Tanzania's tourism... "

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