TOUR OPERATOR, MBEYA
PROJECT
Project mission:
The project concerns the openinga new base of IKU tour operator in Mbeya, southern Tanzania, south-eastern Africa.Main branch office is in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. This new extentTour Operator will be able to deal with approximately up to 70 people monthly( 20 at start). It will allow tourists to access southern Tanzania, still nearly untapped. The tour operating system will be entirely computerised and installed in news offices which will be entirely refurbished .The tour operator will be operating all the year long. The itinerary alone will be modified by the management during the rainy season.
Turnover and profits expected:
The turnover should be around US$200,000.00, the first year, and reach approximately US$500,000.00 the second year. It should then stabilise not so far 1 million dollars per year. Net profit expected after deduction of different taxes should reach US$70,000.00 the first year and more than US$250,000.00 in the following years.
Starting Financial Need:
Its financial need should be about US$200,000.00, ( Ask attached document: financial procedure if available)
Risks:
Land risk:Taking into account the place and that the main enterprise is based in Tanzania, usual risks are decreased to half, as for the country. Project would be registred to TIC Tanzania and get MIGA guarantee for land risk.
Client risk: Moreover local official directives warmly recommend that foreigners have at least a local native partner with them, which will be the case of our project, since, as for ownership and management, some people are European and one is an already well know and reliable local entrepreneur...
Investor risk:The main actors of the projects are very passionate
by the success of the affair. Shares returning to investors will be appropriated directly
to the source (Europe,USA...), and paid on a global account in Europe. The division will
be executed all 3 month or at earliset convenience of investors.
Trade mark and structure of the business:
The expend IKU Tour, Mbeya Project ,will be a NEW COMPANY trade mark SECURISED by N'dingo Enterprises, Ltd, Mbeya, Tanzania. The name of company will be "IKU TOUR MBEYA""MCN TOUR MBEYA"( We need to deposit 3 different name)
The Tanzania Investment center ,where we will registred company, propose different form.( ask attached document TIC) The first idea will be: N'DINGO ENTERPRISES 51% -- PARTNERS 49%
The articles of memorandum of the company and the contract between IKU and partners will be executif in case of dilemma.
Owner(s), shareholders/board of directors, associates:
Investors shall be the owners of the Tour Operator until its repurchase. The bank account in Tanzania will be under the name of IKU TOUR, Mbeya. Other count in Europe will be open with investors and main actors.The investment will be for 5 years. The income will be payed each 3 month to each investor at earliest convenience. The starting date of investment calculation will be the first visitor. All expansion of the project will be new calculation and separated to the initial project step 1 and 2.
For investor: We propose for 1$ invest= 0,0016$ each visitor. For instance(10,000$ X 0,0016 X visitors (20) =320$ monthly.
In case of loan we require three months free at beginning.Conditions will be decided by the lender.
In any case Lender will received secure share of the amount after we have been registred company( 2 week after)Authorized Repurchase of share will be deciced by the lender during 5 years.
Project history:
The project originated in October 1994 during the meetings of the Tanzanian K. A.
N'DINGO and the Swiss/French R. and J. CHILLIER in Mbeya, southern Tanzania (SADC,
Africa). From then on the idea of collaborating has followed its pathway and the project
leaders have met regularly with one another. The idea of promoting southern Tanzania and
the relevant study of feasibleness (transportation, farming, etc.) thus actually took
place.
In April 1999, we opened the related internet site http://www.twiga.ch,
in order to start our promotion. The statistics of visitors is interesting. The
information is relevant to the targeted regions. In February, 2002, during a new
meeting of the project leaders, it's been decided that it was high time to start the Tour
Operator project...In 2003 a new strategy has been decided with an expansion of IKU Tours
and Safaris.
IKU TOUR, MBEYA - N'DINGO ENTERPRISES LTD, MBEYA, TANZANIA
Flow chart:
IKU TOUR/N'DINGO ENTERPRISES |
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DAR ES SALAAM OFFICE |
MBEYA OFFICE |
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| Bureau dechange | BUREAU DE CHANGE |
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Main TOUR BRANCH OFFICE |
TOUR Branch OFFICE |
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Management |
MANAGEMENT |
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MBEYA |
TOUR GUIDES OFFICE |
DAR ES SALAAM |
MOUNT LIVINGSTONE HOTEL |
BAHARI BEACH HOTEL |
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RIFT VALLEY HOTEL Karibuni Center Matema Lake Resort |
Mikumi wild lodge |
City Ambassador Hotel |
| TRAVEL AGENCIES | WEB |
EUROPE: |
OFFICIAL SITE : www.twiga.ch, Switzerland |
People in charge:
MBEYA Main ACTORS:
Kenneth Andrew N'dingo, Tanzanian, Director of N'DINGO Enterprises LTD since 1995
René Chillier, Swiss, project Co-Originator & Co-Director since 1995
Nicholas N'tinda, Tanzanian, Tour Leader of Sisi kwa Sisi
Tasks:
Kenneth Andrew N'dingo, Management, Formalities, Marketing, Recruitment
René Chillier, Management, Data Processing, , Reception, Correspondence
Nicholas N'tinda, Tour Leader, Tour Leaders' Trainer, , Tour Consultant
In this sector , Jocelyne (Chillier) stand in for us tasks.
Further recruitment planning:
As for other collaborators we've already planned, we will look for
them at due time. We will need for sure at least: a person for the office of Mbeya
(permanent), a person for the office of Dar Es Salaam (permanent). Two other drivers
(Mbeya). We will look for other personnel later on, as the project evolves
Services:
Mbeya IKU Tour will take charge of tourists
individually from their arrival in Dar Es Salaam Int. Airport and this until
their departure. All tourists of IKU Tour will lodge at one of several Beach Hotel, Dar Es
Salaam or Zanzibar upon their the arrival
and departure from Tanzania. They will be assisted as they will like best and all the time
during their stay. Usually
they will be transferred to Mbeya, in the south, during the 2 day after following
their arrival. Instead the return from the
south will take place with a margin of at least 1 day in advance or more, according to the
wish for spending some
days at the sea side resort... Assistance includes vehicles, guide, driver, and various
services facilitating the trip,
information...
Tourists will decide their itinerary according to a list of choice.
They won't be mixed with other groups, if they ask of course.
Further developments: (Ask forgeneral tourism project by email)
Within the framework of Mbeya IKU TOUR, the project to build a motel in Igurusi has often
attracted our attention. It would
serve as a basis for all our future clients. It would be also interesting for all
travellers who travel from Malawi and Zambia to Dar
Es Salaam, because it would be located half way, and also due to the fact that it wouldn't
touch Mbeya. This motel
would be built on an available ground of 260 hectares, belonging to Mr N'dingo. The
place hangs over the region,
at the foot of a mountainous chain.
The local market:
A local market and one in surrounding regions and countries already exist. Many travellers
coming from Malawi and Zambia stop in Mbeya. We meet them at the foreign currency exchange
office (N'dingo's Bureau de Change) or while asking Nicholas (N'tinda) - the Guide of
"Sisi Kwa Sisi" - for information. In addition, tourists from other regions of
Tanzania itself come and visit this region and ask about and use our services. There are
also globetrotters coming from everywhere that come and ask for either information or our
services.
Outer markets:
There aren't established "external" market yet, and that's
why Mbeya Iku TOUR would be an innovation too for the region of Mbeya. The targets will be
the USA and Canada, as well as the EU (markedly Germany, France, UK and Italy), and
possibly Japan too, reached mostly through both the Internet and associated travel
agencies and at last,but not least by hearing...
Marketing:
Advertising will be made through the publication of a brochure to be
distributed to travel agencies and circulated on printed media. Moreover the
"www.twiga.ch" site, created, webmastered and constantly updated by René
Chillier, twiga@twiga.ch - simama@bluewin.ch
and his collaborators (collaborators' list to appear soon by country), will be our medium
number one. The sale of our services will be made at first by travel agencies, then
through e-commerce features that will be added to the website too. Unfortunately airline
ticket reservations will not be included in our services for the time being, and it
will be up to travellers to get them. If one or more air companies are interested in our
tour operating business, we will then provide our users with the best and most comfortable
flight possibilities too. We are in contact with an Arabic air company.......Favorite and
better price airline company are British airways and KLM airways from Europe and the new
SWISS airways company.
Competition:
As for the Tanzanian market(s), there is big competition nearly in the north-eastearn area
only (Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, Zanzibar), but as for southern Tanzania, there isnt't
practically any one, at present.
Project fulfill gaps that prevents a good development of the tourism in the region. There is no capable tourism infrastructure to rival with existent proposals by the north of Tanzania or Kenya. . Our project would want to be effective by the mobility and communications and also by the high quality adapted to the tourism in Tanzania.
Advantages:
The southern region is more diversified if compared to northern zones. The local fauna is
as interesting as that of the north, if not even more enticing (Katawi). The good
reputation of N'DINGO is a guarantee of reliability for visitors. Visitors have also other
choices available, as: excursions, fishing, biking, visiting local people, getting in
touch with people in charge of agricultural and nutritional projects, local exhibitions
and shows and much other
Localization:
Mbeya Iku Tour will be localized in Tanzania. The branch
office will be in Mbeya, in a new offices opposite N' Dingo Enterprises Ltd, in Lupa Way
street in the center of the city. The Main branch office is situated in Dar Es Salaam .
The management will be computerised assisted and mobile too and it will be possible to carry it on wherever in the world....
Installation :
The offices reserved for Mbeya TOUR project will be entirely renewed
and arranged according to future needs. Each office will be computerized and will include
a waiting room with either conditioned or just fresh air available for tourists. These
offices will offer also public telephone lines, fax, and email and internet service.
A park of vehicles will be created and enlarged according to needs. It will be also
possible for people to rent
vehicles with driver, whenever available.
This park will include 7 vehicles at the beginning, which will be increased gradually,
according to the need.
Capacity:
The capacity of the Tour Operator will begin with dealing 10/20 travellers per month, to be raised to approximately 50/70 tourists per month.
Marketing means:
Our e-commerce enabled website will be one of the main marketing means and the partnering
agencies will constitute the other one. Moreover the offices of Dar Es Salaam, and Mbeya
will be able to provide clients by local advertisements. These tourists will be taken care
by those same offices. Each hotel we promote on internet ,will be inform about ourTour.
Costs:
The starting costs of the project are as follows:
WE NEED 200,000.00$ (USD)
Vehicles Purchase,Working Capital:
Studies, Marketing , Promotion, Licences ,fees , Taxes,Office,Computer:
Current process: ask attached document : procedure financial information.
Since March of 2000, the following tasks have been accomplished:
-frequent updating of the website,
-submission to the various search engines (through meta tags),banner,
-regular advertising on the internet, -getting in touch with travel agencies,
-purchase of computer and office equipment
-research of investors and sponsors,
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Schedule:
The project realization can actually start immediately after getting
the funds sought for (200,000.00U$D) or a part of this.. The period of placement on the
way from then on would be twoto three months approximately.
Stages:
The project will be developed as follows:
1 Shipment of the acquired needed material from Switzerland to Dar Es
Salaam, Tanzania and start-up of the service providing promotion.
2. accomplishing of the due administrative formalities in Tanzania:
-bank statement ( Tanzanian investment center),
-incentive certificate,
-articles of memorandum,
-Shareholder certificate,
-business license purchase,
-income tax clearance,
-immigration and customs duties.
3. renewal / enlargement of the offices,
4. purchase of vehicles, Licence,
5. installation and preparation of the office in Mbeya.
6. office add installation in Dar Es Salaam
7. service setting up and testing,
8. continuation of the marketing...
9. expansion and improvement
2002 LAST STEP
In date of 25 February 2002 the situation is the following:
A bus Hiace with air conditioning has been acquired for transfer Dar Airport -Bahari hotel
- Mikumi.
The equipment concerning offices is acquired:
A part of computer equipment is acquired:
The transfer of Kenworth to Zambia in return for a land cruiser and a balance in currency
is almost ending.Land cruiser will been transformed into open lorry. One Land cruiser pick
up has been acquired for staff uses.
A preliminary step in Tanzania Investment Center has been sucessful and we has been help
by several important politic members.
2003/2004 Iku Tours and safaris Main branch in Dar Es Salaam is ready to
lend vehicules at first time for Mbeya.
HOW OUR PROJECT IS FEASIBLE
Our advantage:
Know very well the Country since 1994, good evaluation of market situation
Team know several languages ( Swahili,English,French,German)
Mr.N'dingo is very well know in large scale in Tanzania and is an politic parliamentary of Mbeya region.
Twiga Internet web'site obtain more than 10,000 access each month ( Ask for official statistic) Twiga Service receive evenly booking for hotel or for CNB tour. A list of futur visitors will be made for futur contact.
Mr Chillier have a list of futur possible visitors from friend cercle,from travel agency,from other shopping intereted by advertise our next CN Tour opening. ( concern: Swiss and France)
Our team have a passion for project success .
We have several contacts with others tour operator in Africa for agreement and collaboation outside southern Tanzania. ( North Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa)
Mr Chillier collaborate since 1994 in various business in Southern part of Tanzania.He know important people in Tanzania for facilitate project.
We have also a good politic support in Tanzania and Zanzibar
DISADVANTAGE:
Not easy to find fund.
Complex administratif formality in Tanzania
To anticipate project success the foreign main actors must imperative live in Tanzania and after registred new company open and start MBEYA IkuTour Operation which permitt to live without problem and prepare in good condition further development step like Igurusi hotel camp.......
A new Internet Window on www twiga and futur mwachindi. com will may possible direct booking very soon.
Futur visitors will choice hotel and attraction direct on line
TWIGA SERVICE OF N'DINGO ENTERPRISES LTD Updated (we work on)
Authorized contact person : René Chillier P.O.Box 334 1618 CHATEL ST DENIS (ch)
Email : twiga@twiga.ch Phone/fax : +41 21 9480289 Mobile +41 79 674 7635
When in Tanzania : +255 Web : http://www.twiga.ch
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