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Selected City differences based on Kruskal Wallis Mean Rank Tests 
 Mean 
Ranks 
Factors 
Arusha 
Dar es Salaam 
Mwanza 
n 
Demographic Factors 
Single Rooms** 
3 
2 
1 
42 
Capacity per Tent** 
1 
2 
3 
42 
Restaurant Seats** 
2 
1 
3 
42 
Education of Manager** 
1 
2 
3 
38 
Economic Contribution Factors 
Vegetables – Locally sourced** 
2 
3 
1 
33 
Vegetables Imported– Imported** 
2 
1 
3 
21 
Chicken – Locally Sourced** 
2 
3 
1 
33 
Fish – Locally Sourced** 
2 
1 
1 
30 
Prawn – Locally Sourced** 
2 
1 
1 
24 
Government Policy Factors 
Quality of TALA** 
2 
3 
1 
21 
Quality of Land Ownership Licensing**
2 
3 
1 
19 
Quality of Telephone** 
3 
2 
1 
24 
Quality of Cell phone** 
3 
2 
1 
25 
Industry Factors 
Safety of International Tourists** 
3 
2 
1 
26 
Infrastructure Factors 
Funds from for Access to Financing for Working 
Capital** 3 
2 
1 
21 
Access to Financing for Renovations** 
3 
2 
1 
21 
Competitiveness Factors 
Access to Internet** 
2 
3 
1 
25 
Access to Assistance with Website Creation** 
2 
3 
1 
24 
p-values are indicated as: ***p<.01; **p<0.05 
Economic impact potential
 
The impact that small hotels had on the local economy was explored. Mean rank tests showed that purchase of local 
vegetables to be highest in Mwanza and lowest in Dar es Salaam (Table 2), whereas buying from within Tanzania 
was highest in Arusha. Use of imported vegetables was highest in Dar es Salaam. Local chicken was used most in 
Mwanza and least in Dar es Salaam while exported chicken was used most in Dar es Salaam. Local fish was used 
least in Arusha and the other two cities ranked equally as the higher users. Total expenditure on prawns was higher 
in Dar es Salaam than in Arusha; and as expected, Dar es Salaam and Mwanza used more Tanzanian prawns than 
Arusha. Reasons for such purchasing practices were both demand and supply driven. Arusha would have to import 
more fish because they are more inland. Also, there are very different customers in the three locations—many more 

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