By Daily News Reporter in Dodoma
LIWALE Member of
Parliament (MP), Zubeir Kuchauka (CCM), has advised the ministry of
Natural Resources and Tourism to intensify its plan for photographic
tourism in
Selous Game Reserve.
In his question, Mr
Kuchauka stated that because the government's vision was basically
centred on strengthening hunting and enhancing the tourism business
through hunting blocks, it was high time plans were intensified in
promoting it.
"Why shouldn't the
government take that kind of tourism to Selous Game Reserve in the
Southern Tourism Circuit of Tunduru and Liwale districts?," he quarried.
Responding, Deputy
Minister for Livestock and Tourism, Constantine Kanyasu said that during
his working tour to inaugurate the Julius Nyerere Hydropower project,
President John Magufuli directed his ministry to upgrade part of Selous
Game Reserve and rename it Nyerere National Park.
"A resolution for
the establishment of Nyerere National Park was endorsed by this
parliament on September 9, 2019 and given the go-ahead by the Head of
State through GN No 923 of 2010," he noted.
According to him,
the law was clear that activities that are allowed in national parks
were those of viewing and taking photographs and not hunting.
"I would like to
inform the MP that following the establishment of Nyerere National Park,
Liwale and Tunduru districts were part of areas that would benefit from
photographic tourism."
He added that a thorough assessment would be made to put up an entrance gate at the Nyerere National Park.
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