KRTO Directed to Stop Misrepresenting Authority in Tourism Certification

TLDR

• According to the statement released by the government communication unit, all tourism companies, organisations and associations must fully comply with the Tourism Act, Cap. 65, including requirements governing.
• The ministry also directed KRTO to stop presenting itself as having the authority to certify, approve or declare tourism companies or agents legally authorised to conduct mountain tourism in Tanzania.
• KILIMANJARO: THE government through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism has warned the Kilimanjaro Responsible Trekking Organisation (KRTO), which also oversees the Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project.
• It also said no private institution, association or other body without statutory powers could assume the authority to declare a tourism company or agent legally or illegally authorised to operate on behalf of the.
• The government further criticised the dissemination of information through KRTO’s website and international networks that could create the impression that the organisation is the final authority for determining whether.