Tanzania, Sept. 28 -- Arusha. The East African Community (EAC) is set to roll out tourism recovery strategies after Covid-19 pandemic.
These will include 'decisive measures' urgently needed to mitigate the economic losses, it was announced here on Friday. The regional body says the growth rate in the bloc for 2020 will experience a drop due to the global pandemic. "This will be in line with the global trends", the Rwanda State minister for EAC Affairs and Chair of the EAC Council of Ministers Nshuti Manasseh said.
With the easing of travel and allied restrictions to curb the spread of the virus, the region should now focus on economic recovery.
The minister revealed this when tabling the EAC budget for 2020/2021 before the virtual sessio...