| Summary: | This article explores the supply chain management challenges of trekking to the summit of Kilimanjaro
in Tanzania, via the Machame route, with particular focus on the logistics. In the article key research
gaps in the tourism trekking industry worthy of future theoretical and empirical exploration are
identified. Stakeholders within the tourism trekking industry encounter many supply chain businessrelated
challenges which have an impact on business profits on a daily basis across different
operating systems. In the article current research on supply chain management challenges within the
context of tourism are reviewed. Supply chain management in the tourism industry has attracted
widespread research interest over the past two decades, whereas studies on supply chain
management challenges in the tourism industry – specifically the trekking to the summit of
Kilimanjaro– are limited. In this context, the study reported on in this article contributes to the existing
body of knowledge by identifying areas through which trekking to the summit of Kilimanjaro can be
improved.
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