MOROGORO, Feb. 20 -- WHILE the government aims to attract five million tourists and generate 6bn US dollars in revenue, the Tanzania Forest Service Agency (TFS) has been cited as having the potential to be a key enabler in achieving this goal through conservation-conscious ecotourism.

This was stated by Ibrahim Mussa, Retired Marketing Director at Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), while presenting a paper on Opportunities, Challenges and Trends of TFS Ecotourism on the second day of the Fourth TFS Centre Leaders and Commanders Conference currently underway in Morogoro.

Mussa, who has served the natural resources sector since 1982 at various levels within the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, said statistics in recent years show...