Tanzania Tourist Board(TTB)
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Tanzania Tourist Board is a government organization which was legally established by Tanzania Tourist Board act, CAP 364 of 1962 and amended by act by act No. 18 of 1992.
TTB was formed after the disbandment of the Tanzania Tourist Corporation. The Board is mandated with promotion and development of all the aspects of tourism industry in Tanzania.
AWARDS
The Tanzania Tourist Board Tourism Award Winners 2011 [Award Honorees]
– Tanzania Tourism Board Media Print Award 2011
Destination Weddings & Honeymoons Magazine
– Tanzania Tourism Board Web Travel Magazine Award 2011
LuxuryWeb Magazine
– Tanzania Tourism Board Supporting Airline Award 2011
South African Airways
– Tanzania Tourism Board Tour Operator Southern/Western Circuit Award 2011
Immersion Journeys
– Tanzania Tourism Board Tour Operator Southern/Western Circuit Award 2011
Anastasia’s Africa
– Tanzania Tourism Board Tour Operator Promotion Award 2011
ET African Journeys
– Tanzania Tourism Board Tour Operator Humanitarian Award 2011
Africa Adventure Company
– Tanzania Tourism Board Tour Operator Product Development Award 2011
My Serengeti Safari
– Tanzania Tourism Board Hotel/Lodges/Camps Sustainable Tourism Award 2011
Gibbs Farm, Tanzania
Tanzania National Park(TANAPA)
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The Tanganyika National Parks Ordinance CAP [412] of 1959 established the organization now known as Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), and Serengeti became the first National Park. Currently, TANAPA is governed by the National Parks Act Chapter 282 of the 2002 revised edition of the Laws of the United Republic of Tanzania. Conservation in Tanzania is governed by the Wildlife Conservation Act of 1974, which allows the Government to establish protected areas and outlines how they are organized and managed. National Parks represent the highest level of resource protection that can be provided. By September 2019, TANAPA has grown to 22 national parks, covering approximately 99,306.5 square Kilometers as per table below:
| Na. | National Park | Size (Km2) | Year of establishment and GN number | Region where the park is located or bordering |
| 1 | Serengeti | 14,763 | 1951 GN 12 | Mara, Arusha, Simiyu |
| 2 | Lake Manyara | 648.7 | 1960 GN 505, 2009 GN 105 | Arusha, Manyara |
| 3 | Arusha | 552 | 1960 GN 237, 2005 GN 280 | Arusha |
| 4 | Ruaha | 20,300 | 1964 GN 464, 2008 GN 28 | Iringa, Dodoma na Mbeya |
| 5 | Mikumi | 3,230 | 1964 GN 465 | Morogoro |
| 6 | Gombe | 71 |
1968 GN 234, 2013 GN 228 |
Kigoma |
| 7 | Tarangire | 2,600 | 1970 GN 160 | Arusha, Dodoma na Manyara |
| 8 | Kilimanjaro | 1,668 |
1974 GN 56, 2005 GN 258 |
Kilimanjaro |
| 9 | Katavi | 4,471 | 1974 GN 1 | Katavi |
| 10 | Rubondo Island | 457 | 1977 GN 21 | Geita na Kagera |
| 11 | Mahale Mountain | 1,577 | 1985 GN 262 | Katavi na Kigoma |
| 12 | Udzungwa Mountain | 1,990 | 1992 GN 39 | Morogoro na Iringa |
| 13 | Saadani | 1,100 | 2005 GN 281 | Pwani naTanga |
| 14 | Kitulo | 413 | 2005 GN 279 | Njombe na Mbeya |
| 15 | Mkomazi | 3,245 | 2008 GN 27 | Kilimanjaro na Tanga |
| 16 | Saanane Island | 2.8 | 2013 GN 227 | Mwanza |
| 17 | Burigi -Chato | 4,707 | 2019 GN 508 | Kagera na Geita |
| 18 | Ibanda-Kyerwa | 298.6 | 2019 GN 509 | Kagera |
| 19 | Rumanyika – Karagwe | 247 | 2019 GN 510 | Kagera |
| 20 | Nyerere | 30,893 | 2019 GN | Lindi, Pwani na Morogoro |
| 21 | Kigosi | 7,460 | 2019 GN | Kigoma, Tabora na Geita |
| 22 | Ugalla river | 3,865 | 2019 GN | Tabora |
| TOTAL (Km2) | 99,306.5 |
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
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Ngorongoro was part of Serengeti National Park until 1959 when the two were separated into two different Protected Areas with different conservation status. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area was established as a multiple-land use area, where wildlife could co-exist with the semi-nomadic Maasai, who move from one place to another insearch of water and pasture. The Maasai are a pastoral tribe that has managed to preserve its culture over hundreds of years, living in harmony with the wild animals. The NCA was therefore established as an experiment to maintain a balance between pastoralism, conservation, and tourism.
Before the arrival of the Maasai in Northern Tanzania in the 1800s, the Area was occupied by other tribal groups, beginning with hunter-gatherer tribes that were replaced by groups of pastoralists earlier on. During the colonial period, the Area was mostly a hunting ground to European hunters. In 1928, hunting was prohibited in the crater. The National Park Ordinance of 1948 (implemented in 1951) created the Serengeti National Park, of which Ngorongoro was part thereof. This, however, caused problems with the Maasai, resulting to the split of the two protected areas. The 1959 ordinance also created Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, an administrative body to manage the Area as a parastatal organization. The authority is under the supervision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT).
The multiple land use policy has made the Ngorongoro Conservation Area a unique Protected Area in Africa. The Natural and cultural endowment account for the reasons UNESCO accorded the Area the status of a World Heritage Site in 1979, and an International Biosphere Reserve in 1981. In 2010, UNESCO inscribed Ngorongoro Conservation Area as a property in the list of the Mixed World Heritage Sites.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the Kilimanjaro (the Highest peak in Africa) and Serengeti National Park made Tanzania the capital of Africa’s New Seven Natural wonders since 2013.
Ngorongoro has another UNESCO recognition, gained in 2018: it is part of a large geographical area in Northern Tanzania recognised as Ngorongoro-Lengai UNESCO Global Geopark. According to UNESCO, global geoparks are single, unified geographical areas where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development. Currently, the Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark boast of 117 attractions. The main geological features in the Ngorongoro-Lengai UNESCO Geopark are the Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Natron, Mount Oldonyo Lengai, Empakai Crater, Grimezk grave, Rim Forest, Malanja Depression, Serengeti Plains, Olduvai Gorges, Leakey Camp, Soitoo Quartzite hills, shifting sand, Bao Site, Nasera Rock, An’gatakiti Hills, Olkarien Gorge, Natural Stone Bridge, Ruppell’s Vulture colony, Accacia Rim Site, Gol Mountain, Lake Eyasi, Sacred Tree etc.