Gunmen rob 17 foreign tourists in northern Tanzania

[Koborer]

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DAR ES SALAAM, July 25 (Xinhua) -- A group of gunmen on Thursday dawn stormed into a tourist lodge in Tanzania's northern town of Hai and robbed 17 foreign tourists, police said on Friday.
The tourists were from the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, the Kilimanjaro regional police commander Robert Boaz told a news conference. The robbery happened in a tented lodge at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro.
He said four of the tourists were slightly injured by the gunmen when they tried to resist but they were in good condition.
"The gunmen took away 3,200 U.S. dollars, 110 British pounds, 5. 4 million Tanzanian shillings, a video camera and six other cameras," said Boaz.
He said the gunmen ambushed the lodge at 3.30 am on Thursday and ordered the tourists to stay in one tent before they started combing the other tents and picking everything that they thought was valuable.
"We have already launched a manhunt for the gunmen and the stolen money and cameras," said the police commander.
Tanzania's tourism sector contributes approximately 15 percent to its GDP and brings in foreign currency worth 1.5 billion U.S. dollars per year. It also provides more than 1.2 million employment opportunities.

Gunmen rob 17 foreign tourists in northern Tanzania - Xinhua | English.news.cn

 

[bmpingo]

Just think of these figures: .....approximately 15 percent to its GDP and brings in foreign currency worth 1.5 billion U.S. dollars per year. It also provides more than 1.2 million employment opportunities. If we don't take hard measures to guard tourist sector, we are going to loose this $1.5bn and have minimum of 0.6mil. hungry people. And believe mem all the cream will be Kenya landed.

 

[Koborer]

Just think of these figures: .....approximately 15 percent to its GDP and brings in foreign currency worth 1.5 billion U.S. dollars per year. It also provides more than 1.2 million employment opportunities. If we don't take hard measures to guard tourist sector, we are going to loose this $1.5bn and have minimum of 0.6mil. hungry people. And believe mem all the cream will be Kenya landed.

It is the duty of whole East Africa to reign in on this madness which threatens to drive all of us into poverty. Let's for once forget about the sibbling rivalry between Kenya and Tanzania. We all stand to lose.

 

[bmpingo]

Kwa wataalam wa sheria: illegal possession of fire arms bongo tunapewa mvua ngapi?

 

[Mkabera]

Kwa wataalam wa sheria: illegal possession of fire arms bongo tunapewa mvua ngapi?

Sadly this is not a safe country for tourists.

 

[michepuko]

The incidence spoils our international good reputation in Tourist industry.

 

[big_in]

Sadly this is not a safe country for tourists.

This type of thinking leads to errors in thinking,useless kenya man

 

[big_in]

The incidence spoils our international good reputation in Tourist industry.

Lacking of knowledge

 

[MAKANJAMNA]

It is the duty of whole East Africa to reign in on this madness which threatens to drive all of us into poverty. Let's for once forget about the sibbling rivalry between Kenya and Tanzania. We all stand to lose.

i wanted to hear you say this for a very long time..

people forget that Kenya and Tanzania depend on each other in tourism sector..

 

[Mkabera]

This type of thinking leads to errors in thinking,useless kenya man

Mbona unapayuka ovyo?
Au ni sapport ya majambazi? Mtalii gani atataka kuja akisikia habari kama hizi?

 

[Bavaria]

i wanted to hear you say this for a very long time..

people forget that Kenya and Tanzania depend on each other in tourism sector..

How????

And the likes of Botswana and SA?

 

[Bavaria]

These people should be put into justice