Browsing: Zanzibar

• A new luxury hotel brand has been unveiled in Bawe Island. 
• President Mwinyi warns possible revocation of licenses for delayed projects.
• Zanzibar has leased out 15 islets for luxury hotel projects, more than 30 others available. 

Zanzibar Bawe Island Resort has been inaugurated, making it the first of more than 15 small islets that have been leased for investment in the tourism and hospitality sector. This first small island, known as Bawe, has been developed into a $42 million luxurious tourist destination, an investment by Cocoon Collection Company.

Zanzibar Bawe Island Resort was launched as part of celebrations to commemorate the Zanzibar Revolution Day and was attended by several dignitaries including the President Samia Suluhu Hassan. President Samia was the guest of honour and expressed her satisfaction with the inaugurated five-star international tourist hotel.

She commended the investors Cocoon Collection Company, and hailed the overall progress of development in Zanzibar’s …

• Zanzibar has an ambitious plan to become the leading hub for blue economy in the East African Community (EAC).
• However, adverse impact of climate change is affecting the establishment of blue economy systems in the Island.
• To counter the challenges, the AfDB is supporting human development in Zanzibar as basis to setting up blue economy.

Zanzibar aims to be the leading hub for blue economy activities in the Western Indian Ocean region even as adverse impacts of climate change threaten to derail the island’s plan to tap into the emerging sector. At the moment, Zanzibar recognises the role of the blue economy in promoting socio-economic development through better stewardship of the sea and related resources.

This affirmation is made in the introduction of the Zanzibar blue economy policy by the Minister of Finance and Planning, Ambassador Mohamed Ramia Abdiwawa.

The policy holds that the sector will prioritize fisheries and aquaculture, …

•  Globally, seaweed is increasingly becoming the go-to organic medicine option, and Zanzibar is betting big on this avenue.
•  Already, the East African Island’s government is investing in the commercial growth of seaweed.
• What’s more, Zanzibar and the EU are in talks to develop the Island’s aquaculture sector.

Zanzibar seaweed output is increasingly becoming a viable commercial project as the island is tapping as part of diversifying its economy. Increasingly, Zanzibar is putting emphasis on seaweed farming because the global industry of seaweed is growing very fast, especially due to the discovery of critical medicinal properties.

It is reported that diseases such as cancer, diabetes, inflammation, and chronic cardiovascular are major global health problems that can all be remedied by seaweed.

In a research paper titled “Global seaweed farming and processing in the past 20 years,” it is reported that “currently, the chemotherapy and synthetic drugs are widely used in the …

• Second Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF) underway in Bali, Indonesia, almost clashing with the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation.
• Zanzibar President Mwinyi woos Indonesia investors to Zanzibar as he eyes a pie of the $3.5Bn in investment deals.
• The forum has, however, attracted far fewer participants from Africa compared to the 2018 meeting.

The Africa-Indonesia Investment Forum 2024 which is currently underway in Bali, Indonesia, is expected to generate a whopping $3.5 billion worth of investments. In attendance is the Zanzibar President and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, Dr Hussein Mwinyi. President Mwinyi is representing the Tanzanian Union President Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan and is in the company of several other African Heads of State.

Present at this Second Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF), include presidents from Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia among others. This High-Level Forum on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (HLF MSP) is been held concurrently with the IAF and has attracted well over 855 …

• Zanzibar invests in improving Isle’s aviation industry as President Hussein Mwinyi commends expansion works at AAKIA
• Construction underway to improve efficiency at Terminal 3 AAKIA
• Zanzibar’s AAKIA recognized for winning international Award

Aviation industry and tourism in Zanzibar

Aviation industry is the bedrock of the tourism sector in Zanzibar, it is dependent on a successful airline industry, and as a tourism destination having frequent flights from top international airlines is the key to growth.

As an archipelago off the coast of Tanzania, Zanzibar is made up of three main islands, that is; Zanzibar, Pemba, and Mafia Island.

To strategically grow its tourism sector, all three islands have their airport, the largest and busiest is the Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume Airport. The airport is named after Abeid Amani Karume, the island’s first president.

Zanzibar is working on the construction of a new passenger Terminal building (Terminal 3) at the Abeid …

• Ramadan fasting increases economic activities around the world.
• The travel sector, especially airlines registers higher revenues during pilgrimage after Ramadan fasting.
• Zanzibar has announced tax breaks for consumables during Ramadan fasting.

Every year, from the beginning of Ramadan fasting, Muslim faithful increase spending, travel more and invest significantly to celebrate the Eid vacation.

“As people’s mobility increases, the transport sector’s business also experiences a surge…as people spend the overall economy is stimulated,” explains Abdul Rashid an economist in Tanzania.

The economics of a country change during Ramadan and the months leading to and immediately after the Holy Month. This multiplier effect is felt throughout the world as the Islamic communities prepare, fast and observe the Holy Month.

Take Tanzania for example, the East African country is over 40 per cent Muslim, Ramadan fasting causes increased economic activities ranging from import and export of food, increased spending and pilgrimage related spending.…

• The seven-star marvel, named “Montuli,” will be set up on the island of Pemba, a top tourism haven in Zanzibar.
• Attractive policies and enabling environment on the island attracted us to invest $8 million in this project, which will create 200 jobs upon completion, says Hussein Muzamir, the investor behind Montuli.
• The seven-star hotel will help Zanzibar edge closer to achieving its goal of attracting 850,000 tourists annually by 2025.

In the sun-kissed Zanzibar, a beacon of opulence is set to stir the East African hospitality industry skyline. Zanzibar is fast establishing itself as a premier luxury tourism destination and is intensifying competition by establishing the first seven-star hotel in the East African region. (www.propertyspecialistsinc.com)

This step is not merely a testament to the island’s dedication to redefine luxury but also a pivotal move by the government to fortify its core sector – tourism.

According to details by …

Tanzania’s island of Zanzibar, once known for tourism, is now charting a new course toward becoming a powerhouse in technology and e-commerce. The recent launch of an electronic products shop in Zanzibar is not just a commercial opening; it symbolises the dawn of an ambitious era for the island’s investment sector.…

When the first-ever, state-of-the-art tourism documentary featuring Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan and narrated by Peter Greenberg, the world’s best travel journalist, and award-winning investigative reporter, “The Royal Tour,” premiered in the US, it was only a matter of time before tourist numbers soared in Tanzania.
Whether it is the most beautiful places to visit in Tanzania or exotic landscapes found nowhere else, Tanzania offers one of the most unique tourism experiences in Africa and the world.…