Dar es Salaam, March 24 -- ZANZIBAR: THE Bank of Tanzania (BOT) has called upon all tourist hotels in the county, ranked three-stars and above, to open up bureau de change or foreign exchange windows to bring the services closer to their visitors and minimise black -market business.

BoT Governor Emanuel Tutuba made this during a oneday engagement/meeting with hoteliers and high-class tourists owners, on foreign exchange operations in the country, urging them to open up the business by July 1st this year.

“The aim is also to track the foreign money, which is not in proper channel that normally end in black market so that it can enter into proper channel to meet the current demand of foreign currency, particularly the US dollars,...