Amazed by his fluency in Mandarin, the most widely spoken Chinese language in Mainland China, the Chinese tourists could be heard gasping in surprise as they filmed Goodluck Julius, who explained the Serengeti to them while pointing at the herd of wildebeest.
The young tour guide is among the growing number of Tanzanian tour guides who have carved a niche and studied Mandarin to cater to an increasing number of Chinese tourists visiting Tanzania. In 2021, Goodluck staked his hopes on a surge in Chinese tourist arrivals in Tanzania; he enrolled in a three-year Mandarin course at a local language school in Arusha.
