TANZANIA PLASTIC BAGS BAN.
For all travelers coming to Tanzania its imperative to note the information below to avoid delays on arrival at any one of our airports. Please share with your fellow agents, operators, clients, colleagues, guests and friends so the transition is seamless.
Effective 1st June 2019: All passengers arriving at any Tanzania airport including tourists can possibly face very heavy fines for using plastic bags in any way, shape or form. Using, manufacture or importation of plastic bags, including garbage bags and shopping bags is illegal. Offenders, including tourists, could face very heavy fines.
Visitors/Citizens and Residents alike are advised to avoid packing any plastic bags in their suitcases or in carry-on hand luggage before flying to Tanzania. Items purchased at the airport before boarding the aircraft should be removed from plastic bags. Please check hand luggage before disembarking at entry points and any plastic bags should be left in the plane.
Similarly the transparent "zip-lock" plastic bags that some airlines require passengers to use for keeping liquids, cosmetics, toiletries etc separately in hand luggage are also not permitted to be brought and should be removed and left on the plane before disembarking."
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Wazungu wanamsemo "beggars cant be choosers"
Na sisi tunamsemo "maskini jeuri"
Mpaka dakika hii wazalishaji walishatakiwa wana supply hizo bidhaa in large quantities, wauzaji walishatakiwa kuwa wame adapt, watanzania washaanza kutumia hiyo mifuko mbadala na wenye plastic bags inventory washamalizia.
Sasa kama kuna mtu anauliza swali la mbadala leo ina maana wenye maduka bado hizo bidhaa awajaanza kuzipata na zuio lenyewe ni kama wiki tatu lianze.
Anyway wenyewe wanasema wamelifikiria vya kutosha na wamejipanga strategically kuona kuna smooth transformation.
Sie wengine tunasema this is a bad idea, nothing personal but the whole thing is just a bad idea; time will tell.