Approximately 31,620 soccer fans who attended the Major League Soccer match and millions more around the world who were watching the Seattle Sounders match against Sporting Kansas City via FOX TV and Apple TV, had the opportunity to witness President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania being introduced in a special event before the match started in the city yesterday Sunday May 7, 2023
The owner of Seattle Sounders, Billionaire Adrian Hanauer, decided to use the match to hold an event to congratulate President Samia for her steps to promote Tanzanian tourism, especially through the film Royal Tour
In honor of that, Hanauer yesterday used the match to hand over a special jersey with the name of President Samia to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr. Hassan Abbasi and his delegation and also to pay tribute to the Tanzanian delegation to take a special photo with the Sounders squad before the start of that important match
"The purpose of this special event for the President of Tanzania is to recognize her contribution in promoting tourism," said Hanauer and added:
"I once made another contribution by bringing this team to Tanzania in 2005 to play against the big clubs Simba and Yanga and we will look again at how to make another tour to Tanzania with our players," he said p>
Also, Secretary General Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr. Hassan Abbasi said that the event is a great honor for President Samia, the country of Tanzania and Tanzanian tourism
"Millions of people who followed today's events on the field will become more involved with the Tanzanian brand and come to the country," said Dr. Abbasi
