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Tanzania plans cable car for Mount Kilimanjaro

A vehicle drives past Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania's Hie district December 10, 2009. [Reuters]

Tanzania wants to boost tourist numbers by putting a cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain, and is in talks about the project with a Chinese and a Western company.

Around 50,000 tourists climb Kilimanjaro annually. A cable car could increase tourist numbers by 50 percent by providing access to the mountain for those unable to climb it, Constantine Kanyasu, the deputy minister for tourism, said.

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