Tanzania, Sept. 29 -- Dar es Salaam. Tourism prices are in affordable for most Tanzanians and some foreigners - a factor which calls for government and private sector collaboration in reducing the costs if the sector is to quickly recover from the Covid-19 pandemic effects.

The sudden downturn of international tourism as a result of the new corona virus pandemic brought the world's largest employer to a virtual standstill, leaving widespread hardship in its wake.

Going by the World Travel and Tourism Council, more than 197 million jobs could be lost globally if barriers to global travel - such as blanket anti-travel advisories and quarantine measures - remain in place.

Strategies such as reducing parks-entry fees for citizens, and loweri...