The impact of global economic crisis on the tourism sector in Tanzania

dc.contributor.authorAssey, Elivine
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-31T09:46:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-07T14:41:20Z
dc.date.available2019-07-31T09:46:30Z
dc.date.available2020-01-07T14:41:20Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionAvailable in print formen_US
dc.description.abstractThis research was an attempt to examine the impact of the global economic crisis on the tourism sector in Tanzania. The study specifically intended to examine to which extent the crisis had an impact on the rate of employment on tourism sector in Tanzania Particularly in tour companies, examine the impact of the 2008-2009 global economic crisis on tourist arrival and to examine the impact of the crisis on government revenue compared to expected and previous years. Self administered questionnaire were used to collect data from tour operators in Tanzania on the rate of employment during the crisis. The data were later analyzed using SPSS. Statistical test were carried out through acronbach, the study used also secondary data to examine to what extent the crisis had on government revenue and tourist arrival. The finding of the research revealed that, global economic crisis exert a significant influence on tourism sector in Tanzania. Conclusively, it is evident than the study has a lesson on the future of the tourism sector that is, to concur such crisis the government should mobilize more resources on promoting domestic tourism to reduce dependence on international tourism, diversification of resource mobilization on promotion from the country which were mostly heat by the crisis to other potential market would also improve the tourism sector.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAssey, E (2012),The impact of global economic crisis on the tourism sector in Tanzania , master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam available at(http://41.86.178.3/internetserver3.1.2/detail.aspx)en_US
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dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Dar es Salaamen_US
dc.subjectTourist tradeen_US
dc.subjectFinancial questionen_US
dc.subjectEcaonomic conditionsen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleThe impact of global economic crisis on the tourism sector in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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