Magufuli Set To Inaugurate East Africa’s Best Ultra Modern Terminal III

By Staff Reporters, Nairobi and Dar

Infrastructural development tops President John Magufuli of Tanzania’s vision for a new Tanzania, says his recent interview on Forbes Africa. He pursues the vision not merely in words but through actions on the ground.

This 1^st August, 2019, Tanzania will be inaugurating one of the East Africa’s ultra-modern Airport terminals at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA): branded as Terminal 3 which will ramp up the capacity of 6 million passengers a year.

It is worth noting that East African country started with JNIA Terminal I with the capacity of handling 500,000 passengers a year. Then came Terminal II boosted the handling capacity to 1.5 million passengers.

The multibillion JNIA terminals III to be officiated by the president himself, was executed by BAM International as a contractor, and Arab Consulting Engineers (ACE) of Egypt as project consultant.

Works and Transport Minister Isack Kamwelwe recently told a section of media that the new terminal has been constructed to service international flights; leaving Terminal II for national flights and Terminal I for chartered and VIP handling.

The Airport will boost the country’s zeal to increase number of tourists through direct and connection routes. According to the 2019 World Bank report Tanzania will become the middle income economy in the next two years hence attract more safari lovers and investors.

Tanzania Tourism industry last year contributed at least $ 2.1 billion (sh 4.7 trillion) to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) compared to sh 4.2 trillion contributed in 2016. According to World Travel Tourism Council, total contribution of tourism to GDP in 2017 was 9.0 percent and it rose to 9.1 percent in 2018.

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