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Agent urges operators to avoid Tanzania after witch-hunt of gay people announced

Operators
Sophie Griffiths
1 November 2018

A travel agent is urging operators to consider the destinations they sell after a Tanzania governor announced the launch of a squad to hunt down gay people.

Tanzania is home to Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro

TTG Top 50 London agent Nick Harding-McKay, owner of Balham-based Travel Designers, has written to his supplier partners asking them to avoid selling the east African country “while such threats to a large section of the community are in place by their government”.

He also added that the governor’s announcement could pose a threat to tourists in the area.

Harding-McKay’s plea followed the news that Paul Makonda, governor of the country’s economic capital Dar es Salaam, told reporters round-ups of gay people would begin in the next week.