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Entrance fees at Mafia Marine Park to be reviewed, says government

Deputy Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Abdallah Ulega

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The government considers reviewing the entrance fee of $24 (about Sh55, 200) to Mafia Marine Park Island, it was revealed

Dodoma. The government has said it is ready to review downwards the entrance fees to the Marine Park in Mafia Island in order to attract more tourists.

Deputy Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Abdallah Ulega told Parliament on Friday, 03 that Sh6.1 billion was collected between 2000 and 2018 from about 6000 tourists who entered the park.

Mr Ulega said the entrance fee to the park currently is $24 (Sh55, 200) but it could be reduced considerably.

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He was responding to a supplementary question by Mafia lawmaker Mbaraka Dau (CCM), who asked whether the government was ready to lower the entrance charges to attract more tourists.

"If we are to attract more tourists at Mafia Island, it is high time the government lowered the entrance fees," said Mr Dau.

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