DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 18 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released new figures of tourist arrivals in Tanzania, showing a sharp rise to 1,175,697 visitors between January and October 2022, compared to 716,741 during the corresponding period last year.
According to the NBS, there was a noticeable increase of 458,956 tourists, which is equivalent to a 64 per cent rise, attributing the increase to the much publisised Royal Tour documentary and other initiatives by the government.
According to NBS, in October 2022 alone the number of tourists who entered the country increased to 141,517, compared to 92,345 visitors in 2021, which is equivalent to a 53.2 per cent increase.
NBS said that from the African continent, Kenya was leading by the large number of tourists who visited Tanzania in October this year with 15,701 tourists, followed by Burundi (8,929 tourists), South Africa (3,802), Rwanda (3,715) and Uganda (3,229).
It explained that France recorded the highest number of tourist arrivals from outside Africa with 12,543 tourists, followed by the United States of America (USA) with 9,097 tourists, Germany (8,874), United Kingdom (6,514) and Italy (4,557).
“The increase of tourists is attributed to the government’s continued efforts to promote tourism attractions within and outside the country in general and in particular through the Tanzania Royal Tour documentary filmed by Dr Samia,’’ NBS noted.
“As you can see there is a massive increase of tourists entering Tanzania tourist attractions in this period compared to last year’s period. We hope in December we will receive a large number and we might approach the number of tourists entering the country in 2019 before Covid 19 pandemic.
“During the Covid 19 pandemic, the number of tourists decreased but due to big efforts especially the Royal Tour Film by the Head of State, this year we have noticed a huge increase of tourists from all over the world,” NBS added. — NNN-DAILYNEWS
