With tourism the country’s main source of hard currency, the move makes sense, but mountain porters are not happy
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania wants to boost tourist numbers by putting a cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, and is in talks about the project with two companies, a Chinese and a Western one.
The country is conducting feasibility studies on possible routes at the moment, Kanyasu told Reuters. “This won’t be the first time in the world; cable cars are there in Sweden, Italy, the Himalayas,” he said.The length of the route has not been finalised, with various options under consideration depending on cost and engineering issues, the minister said. An environmental impact assessment would also be carried out.
Loishiye Mollel, head of Tanzania Porters Organisation, said visitors normally spend a week climbing the mountain. There are about 20,000 porters working between Mount Kilimanjaro and Meru, another mountain nearby, he said.
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