John Libongi, Zanzibar
The tourism in Zanzibar has been growing rapidly in recent years, thus providing employment opportunities for citizens especially the youth and boosting the economy.
Speaking to reporters at the weekend, Zanzibar Commission for Tourism executive director Ali Khalili Mirza commended the government for putting in place good strategies that enabled the tourism industry to reform.
He attributed the achievements to the improvement of road infrastructure, airport services and the construction of modern Hotels.
Explore Zanzibar Island
He said in 1987 Zanzibar had 94 tourist hotels only but to date the number had gone up to 141 hotels. He further said the increase of Hotels has automatically brought an increase in the number of tourists, as last year the Island received at least 175,067 tourists compared to 19,368 tourists in 1985.
For his part, a Zanzibar hotel manager, Farid Abdalah, praised the government for boosting tourism, which provided employment to many young people. “You know the youth, who used to be jobless have now been either directly or indirectly employed in tourism thus making them earn a living,” he said. However, some of the tourists interviewed said apart from being attracted by the climatic conditions, good beaches and old Arabic historical buildings, they had been impressed by people’s hospitality. Zanzibar is now probably leading in cultural tourism in the country and gets tourism from many countries like Italy, the United Kingdom’s and the Far East.
No comments:
Post a Comment