Tanzania, Feb. 18 -- Arusha. A tourism lobby has lauded initiatives underway to introduce new tourist attractions within Arusha city.

The Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (Tato) says this will increase the number of nights spent by visitors in the safari capital.

"Introduction of new tourist attractions will make Arusha a destination of its own," said Tato executive secretary Sirili Akko.

He was speaking during the soft opening of a museum aimed to promote the cultural relics of the ethnic groups living around Arusha.

Chief Ndaskoi Memorial Museum (CNMM), located at Moshono on the city suburbs, has been set up in honour of the paramount chief who reigned over 120 years ago at the advent of colonial rule.

It has been established...