Tanzania's Zanzibar to build international airport on Pemba Island to boost tourism


ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's Zanzibari President Hussein Ali Mwinyi said Wednesday that plans are underway to build an international airport on Pemba Island to boost tourism.

"We need to open up Pemba Island and make it an attractive destination for tourists from across the world and other visitors," Mwinyi said when he officiated the renaming of the tourist hotel at Matemwe on Pemba Island.

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