Tanzania has allocated 39.2 million U.S. dollars for the implementation of 23 projects aimed at revamping the tourism sector affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Damas Ndumbaro, said in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam that the funds were part of the 567.25 million U.S. dollars approved in September by the International Monetary Fund IMF.
The IMF approved the funds in emergency financial assistance to Tanzania under the Rapid Credit Facility and Rapid Financing Instrument to support the authorities’ efforts in responding to the pandemic by addressing the urgent health, humanitarian, and economic costs.
Ndumbaro said projects to be implemented included renovation of infrastructure, installation of security systems, purchase of mobile test kits for testing COVID-19 infections among tourists and acquisition of transportation facilities.
