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Eastern Arc Mountains Forests of Tanzania
Number of people known to have visited Eastern Arc Mountain blocks in 2007
Mountain Block Protected Area Visitor Numbers (2007) 2009 Updates
North Pare Various 23
South Pare Various 100
West Usambara Various 5,599
East Usambara Amani Nature Reserve 1,567
Uluguru Various 2,700
Udzungwa Udzungwa Mountains
National Park
2,587 4,734
Total 12,576
Number of people participating in cultural tourism programme meetings across the Eastern Arc Mountains.
Cultural Tourism Module Visitor numbers in 2007
North Pare Mountains 91
South Pare Mountains 136
West Usambara Mountains 605
East Usambara Mountains 226
Uluguru Mountains 175
Total 1,233
Origin of the tourists visiting some of the key reserves across the Eastern Arc Mountains in 2007.
Origin Visitors to Udzungwa
Mountains National Park (%)
Visitors to West
Usambara Mountains (%)
Europe 82 73 52
America 11 16 11
Africa 2 9 26
Asia 4 2 11
Oceania 1 0 0
Total 100 100 100
Visitors to Amani
Nature Reserve (%)
5.i Policies and programmes related to the presentation and
promotion of the property
The Eastern Arc World Heritage Site is promoted in a minor way within the Eastern Arc Mountains web site
(www.easternarc.or.tz). This web site could be adapted to provide a much greater emphasis on the World Heritage
Site, or could have its own dedicated web pages on the WH site.
The Amani Nature Reserve is also promoted activity through its web site. In the same way, the Udzungwa
Mountains National Park is also promoted through its website and through the efforts of TANAPA. These web pages
could also be adapted to promote the Eastern Arc World Heritage Site.
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism 96