Tanzania, April 16 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's efforts to attract visitors may be accelerated if the government addresses some key challenges, which the Controller and Auditor General, Charles Kichere, said need deliberate action to unlock the potential of tourism.

Some of the challenges include inadequate funding for tourism promotion, low accommodation capacity in the national parks, the wide spread of invasive species beyond the control of the national parks, frequent power outages that disrupt park operations, and encroachment of national park boundaries.

Mr Kichere outlined the challenges in the annual general report on public authorities audit for the financial year 2022/23 which was published yesterday.

"Despite the increase in...