Tanzania's Zanzibar tourist arrivals rise 24 percent in October 2025

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's Zanzibar recorded 86,740 tourist arrivals in October 2025, a 24.2 percent increase from 69,860 in the same month last year, according to official data released Thursday.

Hassan Ameir Vuai, research and statistics officer at the Zanzibar Commission for Tourism, told a news conference that the number also represented a 3.1 percent rise from the 84,154 visitors recorded in September 2025.