Blandina Shemwetta

  Blandina Shemwetta

  Position: Tutorial assistant

  Contact: P.O. Box: 3167

  Phone: +255 786 185 110/ +255 755 502 129

  Email: ndinagal@sua.ac.tz

  

Research Area: Travel and Tour Operations, Traveler behavior and Agri-tourism

 

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Blandina obtained Bachelor degree in Tourism Management at Sokoine University of Agriculture in 2013.  In 2016  she attained Master Degree in Business Administration (Agribusiness) specialized on Agri-tourism from Sokoine University of Agriculture. Her aim is to address how agricultural activities and agricultural products can highly contribute to tourism development especially domestic tourism being as foods and beverages to the hotels, traditional foods in cultural tourism and also being source of home-stay tourism; the coming tourists participate in agricultural activities as a part of tourism.She was later employed at Sokoine University of Agriculture as a Tutorial assistant in the Department of Tourism and Recreation to do consultancies, research and teach  Travel and Tour operations, Tour guiding and Resort and Leisure management courses. 

 

Currently, Blandina is pursuing Msc. Travel and Transport service Management specializing on Travel and Tour Operations;  expected to complete in 2019

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2014-2016: Master of Business Administration (Agribusiness); Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro-Tanzania

2010-2013: Bachelor degree, Tourism Management. Sokoine University of Agriculture,  Morogoro-Tanzania 

2003-2009: Ordinary level secondary education and Advanced level Secondary education; St.Mary’s Mazinde Juu Secondary School, Tanga-Tanzania

1996 – 2002: Primary Education: Chief Albert Luthuli Primary School, Morogoro-  Tnzania

 

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  1. The potentiality of Agritourism in Morogoro Municipal, Case of the five villages (Choma, Mbete, Kinole, Mwanzo Mgumu and Ruvuma) surrounding Uluguru Mountain in Morogoro Municipal. Masters thesis, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro.
  2. The assessment of the level of local community participation in Tourism development around Morogoro Municipal, the case of Lukuyu village in Bigwa ward, Morogoro. Special Project, Sokoine University of Agriculture.

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