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2007 Annual International CHRIE Conference & Exposition 
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international visitors in Arusha than in Mwanza, and tastes may be different. Researchers found that local chicken 
was fed fish meal and so the meat tasted like fish. Locals might find this acceptable, but visitors probably would not. 
Local pork was used more often in Mwanza and Arusha ranked lowest in using this product. Expenditure on other 
local food items was higher in Mwanza and least in Arusha. With regard to other business expenses, legal and 
consulting expenditures were higher in Arusha than in other two cities (Table 3). Dar es Salaam was a close second. 
The results of production expenditure analysis suggest that local items were mostly being used in Mwanza and 
probably their least usage was in Dar es Salaam. Mwanza was not close to an international trading port and 
moreover national transportation lines were less connected to the city. Therefore this encouraged local purchases, 
even though from middle-agents trading and selling locally. The other two cities had a long experience of sourcing 
international products. Therefore, for them importing was a more viable option. Furthermore, road and air 
transportation lines were better established from and to Arusha and Dar es Salaam facilitating national sourcing. 
Another interesting result was that businesses in Arusha and Dar es Salaam had a higher demand for business 
services. This hinted at increasing professionalism of the industry for catering to h business volume.
Table 3.