About Zanzibar Island 🏝 

Zanzibar was once one of the essential areas in East Africa with a vibrant history. It was known as a stepping stone by many European missionaries, traders and explorers who explored Eastern and Southern Africa. 

The Two Islands are located in the Indian Ocean, lying 22 miles about (35 km) off east-central Africa. In 1964 Zanzibar joined with Pemba Island plus some other smaller Islands and merged with Tanganyika to establish the United Republic of Tanzania.

Due to that, Zanzibar is a part of the United Republic of Tanzania with its Government. Traditionally, tourist movements to Zanzibar have derived from Europe and mainly Italy, United Kingdom and Germany.

The weather is typically sultry and humid here in Zanzibar. However, we experience Northeast trade winds which blow from December to March, while the southeast trade winds flurries from May to October. The “long rains” transpire between March and May and the “short rains” befall between October and December.

Before advancing eastern African mainland ports, Zanzibar was the trade centre and held a vital entrepôt trade. The island’s economy now depends on tourism, agriculture and fishing.

Tourism in Zanzibar has boldly portrayed a growing trend with an increase in arrivals from 19,368 in 1985 to 500,000 in 2016 and 2020, respectively.

Furthermore, the touristic richness gives Zanzibar an enormous potential benefit of boosting the social and economic well-being of all Zanzibaris.

After all, the Government long-term blueprint is to transform Zanzibar into a globally competitive flourishing country with quality of life and Services.