Players fear for tourism over claims of Ruaha rights abuses

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Tourists visit Ruaha National Park in Tanzania. PHOTO | FILE

Arusha. Allegations of human rights abuses in Ruaha National Park could damage Tanzania’s multi-billion-dollar tourism industry if left unchecked, according to a section of tourism players.

Some foreign-based NGOs claim that Tanzania National Parks (Tanapa) has forcibly displaced local communities from the Usangu wetland within the world-renowned park to make way for tourism ventures.