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Tanzania Tourism Arrivals 2023

In 2023, tourist arrivals to Tanzania increased by 24.3% to a record-breaking 1,808,205, from 1,454,920 tourists in 2022, 922,692 in 2021, and 616,491 in 2020.

Tanzania’s tourism receipts reached a record-high USD 3,368.7 million in 2023, compared to USD 2,527.8 million in 2022 (USD 1,310.3 million in 2021). This increase is consistent with the rise in the number of tourist arrivals.

In 2020, revenues were down to USD 1 billion as it was severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on international travel, from a peak of USD 2.6 billion in revenues and 1.5 million arrivals in 2019.

The sector’s contribution to GDP fell from 10.6% in 2019 to 5.3% in 2020 and climbed to 5.7% in 2021. 

However, given the ongoing fast recovery of the sector, the Tanzania National Business Council (TNBC) forecast that the share of tourism in the country’s GDP will reach 19.5% in 2025/26.

Europe traditionally accounts for the largest share of arrivals, followed by Asia and the Pacific, the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East.

Tanzania´s hotel occupancy rate was estimated at 53.8% in December 2019 compared to 44.9% in December 2018.

The increase in tourist arrivals in 2023 was attributed to the rebound of travel activity post-COVID. Additionally, it was driven by the continued efforts of the Tanzanian government to promote tourism attractions within and outside the country.

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In April 2022 Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan unveiled the “The Royal Tour” documentary while promoting FDIs during her official visit to the US.

Filmed throughout Tanzania in 2021, it features Emmy Award-winning journalist Peter Greenberg traveling to Tanzania with President Hassan.

She’s the ultimate guide for a week, exhibiting Tanzania’s history, culture, environment, food, and music, as well as telling the stories of Tanzania’s hidden jewels.

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In 2022, the United States of America recorded the highest number of arrivals from the rest of the world at 100,600 followed by France (100,371), Germany (67,718), the United Kingdom (60,116) and Poland (46,431).

Meanwhile, arrivals from Africa were from Kenya (166,324) Burundi (100,851), Zambia (46,787), Malawi (44,438) and Rwanda (44,288).

Tourist arrivals from the top 10 countries out of 214 account for 53.2% of all arrivals.

Tanzania Tourism Offer

Tanzania’s incredibly rich natural tourism offer earned it the title of “Africa’s Leading Destination” in 2021.

The natural attractions fall into two main categories: wildlife and beach.

Tanzania Wildlife & Beaches

Tanzania’s wildlife resources are considered among the finest in the world. Tanzania is the only country, which has allocated more than 25% of its total area to wildlife national parks and protected areas.

There are 16 National Parks in Tanzania, 28 Game Reserves, 44 Game controlled areas, 1 conservation area, and 2 Marine Parks.

Tanzania boasts many of Africa’s most renewed destinations; in the north the Serengeti plains, the Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, and Mount Kilimanjaro, and in the south Mikumi and Ruaha National Parks and the Selous Game Reserve.

According to a survey conducted by SafariBookings.com, Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park was voted Africa’s best safari destination for 2020, followed by Mana Pools (Zimbabwe), Mala Mala (South Africa), Okavango Delta (Botswana), and Lower Zambezi (Zambia).

Mount Kilimanjaro was declared Africa’s leading tourist attraction in 2016 during the World Travel Awards Africa and the Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony in Zanzibar.

Other additional natural attractions include the white sandy beaches of the Zanzibar archipelago, those north and south of Dar es Salaam, and excellent deep-sea fishing at the Mafia and Pemba Islands.

Tanzania Hunting

Tanzania is prized for its superb trophy hunting (sport hunting or safari hunting).

Hunting in Tanzania is presently permitted and regulated by the Wildlife Conservation Act of 2009, and its subsidiary regulations.

The hunting industry has grown considerably in the last two decades and Tanzania is among the leading hunting destinations in the world.

Hunting and Forestry jointly contribute 2 to 3 % of the GDP of Tanzania. Given there is such commitment to the conservation and protection of wildlife, it may be surprising to note that, unlike neighboring Kenya, hunting still occurs in Tanzania.

However, there is no contradiction, as hunting in Tanzania is part of the wildlife conservation process, as it is done in a much-planned manner. Counts of wildlife are taken regularly and hunting licenses are issued accordingly.

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The Tanzanian Government is engaged in developing and promoting sustainable growth in the travel and tourism sector in Tanzania, to preserve its natural and cultural resources.

The Government, therefore, is focused on attracting high-income tourists who are less likely to spoil the culture and the natural environment.

Last Update: 23rd February 2024

Sources: Bank of Tanzania (BoT), Statista, Tanzania Immigration Department, Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), World Bank (WB).

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The latest Tanzania Economic Update highlights the huge untapped potential of the tourism sector to drive the country’s development agenda
  • The new analysis discusses long-standing issues facing tourism in Tanzania as well as new challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic
  • The report says that the pandemic offers an opportunity for policy actions for the sector to recover in the near term and become a sustainable engine of private-sector-driven growth, social and economic inclusion, and climate adaptation and mitigation over the long term

DAR ES SALAAM, July 29, 2021— Tourism offers Tanzania the long-term potential to create good jobs, generate foreign exchange earnings, provide revenue to support the preservation and maintenance of natural and cultural heritage, and expand the tax base to finance development expenditures and poverty-reduction efforts.

The latest World Bank Tanzania Economic Update, Transforming Tourism: Toward a Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Sector highlights tourism as central to the country’s economy, livelihoods and poverty reduction, particularly for women, who make up 72% of all workers in the tourism sector.

“Without tourism, the situation would be bad,” said Rehema Gabriel, a hotel attendant in Dar es Salaam. “I have been working in the tourism industry for eight years now, so I do not know what it would be like without it.”

The economic system around tourism had grown in value over the years and in 2019 was the largest foreign exchange earner, the second largest contributor to the gross domestic product (GDP) and the third largest contributor to employment, the report says. On the semiautonomous Zanzibar archipelago, the sector has also experienced rapid growth, accounting for almost 30% of the island’s GDP and for an estimated 15,000 direct and 50,000 indirect jobs. However, the report notes, only a small fraction of Tanzania’s natural and cultural endowments has been put to economic use through tourism development.

“Tourism offers countries like Tanzania, with abundant natural and cultural endowments, access to many foreign markets,” said Shaun Mann, World Bank Senior Private Sector Development Specialist and co-author of the Tanzania Economic Update. “But the absence of tourism revenues, as we have seen during this pandemic, compromises the integrity and viability of not only endowments, but also the economic, environmental and social ecosystems built up around those endowments.”

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the World Bank estimates that Tanzania’s GDP growth decelerated to 2.0% in 2020. Business slowed across a wide range of sectors and firms, especially export-oriented sectors such as tourism and manufacturing. The report highlights the impact of the crisis on tourism specifically, which has had consequences beyond just the industry, given the many other sectors that support, and are supported by, tourism. The 72% drop in the sector’s revenues in 2020 (from 2019 levels) closed businesses and caused layoffs.

2021 Tanzania Economic Update

Zanzibar’s economy was even more severely impacted with GDP growth slowing to an estimated 1.3%, driven by a collapse of the tourism industry. As the hospitality industry shut down between March and September 2020, occupancy rates dropped to close to zero. While the Zanzibar tourism sector started slowly rebounding in the last quarter of 2020, with tourist inflows in December 2020 reaching almost 80% of those in 2019, receipts from tourism fell by 38% for the year.

As the tourism sector transitions gradually into recovery mode with the rest of the world, the report urges authorities to look toward its future resilience by addressing long running challenges that could help position Tanzania on a higher and more inclusive growth trajectory. Areas of focus include destination planning and management, product and market diversification, more inclusive local value chains, an improved business and investment climate and new business models for investment that are built on partnership and shared value creation.

2021 Tanzania Economic Update

Tanzania is a globally recognized destination for nature-based tourism, a competitive market segment in eastern and southern Africa. Beyond attracting tourists, the country’s landscapes and seascapes produce a wide range of ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity co-benefits that are not efficiently priced and often generate little or no financial return. The global climate crisis has created significant demand for investment in these forms of natural capital, and Tanzania is well positioned to take advantage of nature-positive investment opportunities. The additional revenue derived from global climate programs could be an opportunity to ease the government’s fiscal constraints while also supporting the livelihoods of local communities.

“While restoring the trade and financial flows associated with tourism is an urgent priority, the disruption of the sector has created an opportunity to realign tourism development with economic, social, and environmental resilience,” said Marina Bakanova, World Bank Senior Economist, and co-author of the report. “The pandemic has created an opportunity to implement long-discussed structural reforms in the sector and use tourism as a leading example of improvement of the overall business climate for private investment.”

The authors suggest five priorities for a sustainable and inclusive recovery that lay the foundation for the long-term transformation of the tourism sector:

  • Creating an efficient, reliable, and transparent business environment to reduce red tape and multiple distortions and inefficiencies, hindering decisions on private investments, domestic and foreign
  • Establishing an information-management system that consolidates data from tourists and firms, enabling policymakers to improve sectoral planning and identify viable investment opportunities
  • Ensuring that firms across the sector, as well as those in downstream value chains, have access to affordable transitional finance
  • Consistently promoting, monitoring, and reporting on adherence to health and safety protocols.
  • Developing co-investment and partnership arrangements to support nature-based landscape and seascape management
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This factsheet highlights the importance of Travel & Tourism to Tanzania across many metrics, and features details such as:

  • Contribution of the sector to overall GDP and employment
  • Comparisons between 2019 and 2023
  • Forecasts for 2024 and 2034
  • International and domestic visitor spending
  • Proportion of leisure vs business spending
  • Top 5 inbound and outbound markets

This latest report reveals the importance of Travel & Tourism to the Tanzania in granular detail across many metrics. The report’s features include:

  • Absolute and relative contributions of Travel & Tourism to GDP and employment, international and domestic spending
  • Data on leisure and business spending, capital investment, government spending and outbound spending
  • Charts comparing data across every year from 2014 to 2024
  • Detailed data tables for the years 2018-2023 plus forecasts for 2024 and the decade to 2034

Purchase of this report also provides access to two supporting papers: Methodology and Data Sources and Estimation Techniques.

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The future of Tourism in Tanzania

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Tanzania’s tourism sector is seeing a rebound after the Covid-19 pandemic—and the aspirations for its continued growth are high: by 2025, the country hopes to reach $6 billion in tourism revenue, which assumes the influx of five million tourists annually. To achieve such lofty goals will require some important upgrades and improvements to tourism infrastructure and services. I outline a few of them in this article.

Before the pandemic, tourism was the largest foreign exchange earner, the second largest contributor to the gross domestic product (GDP) and the third largest contributor to employment. After taking a severe hit during Covid, tourists are starting to return to Tanzania, with 742,133 visitors between January and July 2022, a 62.7% increase over the previous year (Exhibit 1).

Exhibit 1: Tourism is returning after the Covid-19 pandemic

But whilst we are doing well, many bottlenecks persist. These include limited access to cheap financing, inadequate tourism infrastructure, a multiplicity of levies, insufficient diversity in products offerings, and lack of sufficient hotel and airport facilities.  So how can we measure how we are doing?

Well, the World Economic Forum (“WEF”) in its Travel & Tourism Development Index 2021 (published in May 2022, and themed “Rebuilding for a Sustainable and Resilient Future”) is one barometer of where we stand.  It ranks Tanzania as 5 th of the sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries (and 81 st globally out of 117 countries, up from 86 th in 2019). 1 st to 4 th places within SSA are taken by Mauritius (62 nd ), South Africa (68 th ), Botswana (76 th ) and Kenya (78 th ), with 6 th to 10 th places taken by Cape Verde (82 nd ), Namibia (88 th ), Rwanda (89 th ), Zambia (98 th ) and Ghana (101 st ).

According to the WEF report Tanzania and South Africa are very clear leaders within SSA in terms of ranking of natural resources.  One aspect to consider further as a significant opportunity is the “non-leisure resources” pillar, which measures the extent and attractiveness of factors that drive business and other non-leisure travel; although Tanzania’s ranking is broadly in line with the SSA average, it does lag Kenya and South Africa by quite a bit.  More generally, the WEF report does highlight that East Africa as a region does not rank as highly as Southern Africa in terms of price competitiveness.  

Exhibit 2: Tanzania can do more to boost its tourism competitiveness

Tourists coming to Tanzania frequently speak of seeing “the Big Five”.  Stakeholders in the tourism sector would also say that they have their “Big Five” namely the “Five A’s”:  Attractions, Access, Accommodation, Amenities, and Affordability!  From my perspective, and aligned with this, I would highlight some priority areas that need to be addressed by the government and other stakeholders in the tourism sector.

Reduce multiplicity in levies and taxes . There is a need for a fresh look at tourism taxes and levies so as to reduce multiplicity and create competitiveness across the region – indeed, this point was highlighted as an urgent priority in a report recently presented at the 13 th meeting of the Tanzania National Business Council. Currently, Tanzania is deemed an expensive destination compared to other destinations such as South Africa and Kenya. Notwithstanding the positive efforts which led to reduction of some of the levies such as the Tourism Agency License (TALA) fee, there is still scope for rationalization of fees that are charged by multiple government agencies. Further, stakeholders’ engagement prior to fee changes will smoothen the operations of the tourism firms and attract more investments in the sector.

Affordable financing .  Tourism firms across the sector, as well as those in downstream value chains, need access to affordable finance particularly in this post Covid-19 era, when the risk appetite for financial institutions in the tourism market is very low. Support from International Development Agencies (IDAs) on the tourism sector should be sought for development projects that have a direct economic impact on the sector and the country as whole.

Improved infrastructure . Tanzania ranks higher than Kenya with respect to safety and security, but lower than Kenya when it comes to tourist service infrastructure. For instance, the drive from Dar es Salaam to Selous Game Reserve, the largest game reserve in Africa is bumpy and long, taking an average of 7 to 8 hours. Flying is a better one option and the fastest way to get to Selous. However, it is the most expensive and hence suits more high-end tourists. Again, IDA support to improve tourist service infrastructure could give a welcome boost.

Upgraded hotels and airport facilities . More effort is required to attract private sector investment in hotels and ensure diversity in service offerings. The current hotel capacity in both Mainland and Zanzibar cannot cater for the expected influx of 5 million tourists by 2025. Improvement in efficiencies and flight handling capacity at the airports is another area which requires fixing. Automation of immigration procedures in Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro Airports will help fast track the process. Instead of having a paperwork checking system, barcodes should be set to scan all the documents. This will help to reduce unnecessary queues at the airports during high season.

Diversified tourism products . Other than wildlife and beaches, the Ministry for Tourism should spearhead the innovation of new tourist attractions. The recent decision to market Ngorongoro-Lengai geo park and the introduction of “Mice” (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) are commendable efforts as these will boost tourism income, since Tanzania is an already established adventure destination.

Introduction of direct flights and collaborations with aviation industry . The signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Tanzanian Government and Dallas in April 2022 was one of the great achievements of the Royal Tour of the United States by her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, as this will attract more American visitors to Tanzania's tourist destinations. More direct flights need to be added to key markets while maintaining a closer collaboration between the aviation and tourism industries for sustainable growth of the sector. This will ease flight interconnectivity to tourists who prefer to do inter-connected travels. 

Raising public awareness . More education is needed for the public and journalists to help promote the tourism sector. Although we are in the era of freedom of speech, care should be taken not to exaggerate unproven facts that are detrimental to the sector’s growth.

In conclusion, the target of $6 billion by 2025 is achievable—but it will require deliberate efforts to make it a reality. The President’s Royal Tour is expected to bring a significant boost to the numbers in 2022 and beyond. The tourism sector needs to be given the utmost priority due to its huge potential in transforming the country’s economy as the sector contributes significantly to foreign exchange and employment.

By Zainab Salome Msimbe is a Partner with PwC Tanzania

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Travel & Tourism - Tanzania

  • The Travel & Tourism market in Tanzania is expected to see a significant rise in revenue, with projections indicating a revenue of US$840.30m in 2024.
  • The market is expected to maintain a steady annual growth rate (CAGR 2024-2028) of 5.32%, which will result in a projected market volume of US$1,034.00m by 2028.
  • The Hotels market is predicted to be the largest market, with a projected market volume of US$413.10m in 2024.
  • By 2028, the number of users in this market is expected to reach 6,676.00k users.
  • The user penetration in the Hotels market is expected to rise from 12.4% in 2024 to 13.5% by 2028.
  • Additionally, the average revenue per user (ARPU) is projected to be US$97.71.
  • In terms of online sales, it is expected that 69% of the total revenue will be generated through online sales by 2028.
  • It is worth noting that when compared globally, United States is predicted to generate the most revenue in the Travel & Tourism market, with a projected revenue of US$199bn in 2024.
  • Tanzania's Travel & Tourism market is experiencing a rise in ecotourism, with visitors flocking to explore the country's diverse wildlife and natural landscapes.

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The Travel & Tourism market encompasses a diverse range of accommodation services catering to the needs and preferences of travelers. This dynamic market includes package holidays, hotel accommodations, private vacation rentals, camping experiences, and cruises.

The market consists of five further markets.

  • The Cruises market covers multi-day vacation trips on a cruise ship. The Cruises market encompasses exclusively passenger ticket revenues.
  • The Vacation Rentals market comprises of private accommodation bookings which includes private holiday homes and houses as well as short-term rental of private rooms or flats.
  • The Hotels market includes stays in hotels and professionally run guest houses.
  • The Package Holidays market comprises of travel deals that normally contain travel and accommodation sold for one price, although optional further provisions can be included such as catering and tourist services.
  • The Camping market includes bookings at camping sites for pitches using tents, campervans, or trailers. These can be associated with big chains or privately managed campsites.

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The main performance indicators of the Travel & Tourism market are revenues, average revenue per user (ARPU), users and user penetration rates. Additionally, online and offline sales channel shares display the distribution of online and offline bookings. The ARPU refers to the average revenue one user generates per year while the revenue represents the total booking volume. Revenues are generated through both online and offline sales channels and include exclusively B2C revenues and users for the above-mentioned markets. Users represent the aggregated number of guests. Each user is only counted once per year. Additional definitions for each market can be found within the respective market pages.

The booking volume includes all booked travels made by users from the selected region, independent of the departure and arrival. The scope includes domestic and outbound travel.

Prominent players in this sector include online travel agencies (OTAs) like Expedia and Opodo, as well as tour operators such as TUI. Specialized platforms like Hotels.com, Booking.com, and Airbnb facilitate the online booking of hotels and private accommodations, contributing significantly to the market's vibrancy.

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The Travel & Tourism market in Tanzania is experiencing significant growth and development. Customer preferences: Tourists visiting Tanzania are increasingly seeking unique and authentic experiences, driving the demand for eco-tourism and cultural tourism. Travelers are drawn to Tanzania's diverse wildlife, stunning landscapes, and rich cultural heritage, leading to a rise in experiential travel activities such as safari tours, mountain climbing, and cultural immersions. Trends in the market: One notable trend in the Tanzanian travel market is the growing popularity of sustainable tourism practices. With an increased global focus on environmental conservation and responsible travel, Tanzania has seen a rise in eco-friendly lodges, wildlife conservation projects, and community-based tourism initiatives. Additionally, the country's efforts to improve infrastructure and promote tourism outside of traditional hotspots like Zanzibar and Serengeti have contributed to a more diversified tourism landscape. Local special circumstances: Tanzania's unique selling points, such as being home to the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti National Park, and the idyllic islands of Zanzibar, set it apart as a prime tourist destination in East Africa. The country's rich cultural tapestry, including over 120 ethnic groups, offers visitors a chance to engage with diverse traditions and customs. Moreover, Tanzania's stable political environment and commitment to wildlife conservation make it an attractive and safe destination for travelers. Underlying macroeconomic factors: The Tanzanian government's focus on promoting the travel and tourism sector as a key driver of economic growth has led to investments in infrastructure development, marketing campaigns, and policy reforms to attract more tourists. The country's strategic location in East Africa, with easy access to regional markets and international air travel hubs, further enhances its position as a competitive tourism destination. Additionally, the growth of the middle class in emerging markets has increased disposable income and fueled outbound travel to destinations like Tanzania.

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  1. National Bureau of Statistics

    Tourist Arrivals for the Period of January to February, 2023. Press Release Tourist Arrivals January to December, 2022. Tanzania Tourism Sector Survey Report 2019. Tanzania Tourism Sector Survey Report 2018. Tourist Arrivals for the Period of January to July 2022. Tourist Arrivals for the period of January to May 2022.

  2. Tanzania Tourism Statistics 1960-2024

    Tanzania tourism statistics for 2021 was 0.00, a NAN% decline from 2020. Tanzania tourism statistics for 2020 was 0.00, a 100% decline from 2019. Tanzania tourism statistics for 2019 was 2,624,500,000.00, a 6.47% increase from 2018. Download Historical Data.

  3. Tanzania Tourism Sector

    In 2023, tourist arrivals to Tanzania increased by 24.3% to a record-breaking 1,808,205, from 1,454,920 tourists in 2022, 922,692 in 2021, and 616,491 in 2020. Tanzania's tourism receipts reached a record-high USD 3,368.7 million in 2023, compared to USD 2,527.8 million in 2022 (USD 1,310.3 million in 2021). This increase is consistent with ...

  4. International tourism, number of arrivals

    International tourism, number of arrivals - Tanzania World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files. License : CC BY-4.0

  5. PDF 2020 Tanzania in Figures

    Tanzania in Figures 2020 booklet gives clear insight of Tanzania's economic performance, social, environment and political spheres. This booklet presents data series for the period from 2016 to 2020. Further, the booklet provides aggregated data and contains information from various official statistical publications compiled by the National ...

  6. Tanzania Economic Update: How to Transform Tourism into a More

    Tanzania is a globally recognized destination for nature-based tourism, a competitive market segment in eastern and southern Africa. Beyond attracting tourists, the country's landscapes and seascapes produce a wide range of ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity co-benefits that are not efficiently priced and often generate little or no financial return.

  7. Tourism

    MONTHLY TOURIST ARRIVALS BY …. Find comprehensive library of public information on Tourism with relevant datasets, predefined dashboards and the gallery of ready-to-use visualizations. With world maps, rankings, and interactive tables with statistics on Tourism.

  8. Tanzania: number of tourist arrivals 2015-2022

    Tourist arrivals in Tanzania 2015-2022. Published by. Natalie Cowling , Jan 30, 2024. Roughly 368,000 tourists visited Tanzania from January to April 2022. The tourism sector has shown signs of ...

  9. Tourism in Tanzania

    In 2019, the Tanzanian tourism sector generated US$2.6 billion in revenues with 1.5 million tourist arrivals [7] . In 2020, due to Covid-19, travel receipts declined to US$1.06 billion and the number of international tourist arrivals declined to 616,491. In October 2021, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism of Tanzania has been granted ...

  10. Development and importance of tourism for Tanzania

    Tourism in Tanzania Tanzania recorded a total of 922,700.00 tourists in 2021, ranking 49th in the world in absolute terms. ... Our data on tourist numbers, revenues and expenditures are based on information from the World Tourism Organization. However, to ensure international comparability, the data for some years or countries were manually ...

  11. Statistics about Travel, Tourism & Hospitality in Tanzania

    Number of visitors to national parks in Tanzania 2015-2019, by type. Average expense at selected beach destinations in Tanzania, by cost factor 2018. Main nationalities of tourists arriving in ...

  12. PDF 2019 Tanzania in Figures

    spheres. Tanzania in Figures 2019 booklet presents the data series for the period from 2015 to 2019. This booklet provides aggregated data and contains information from various official statistical publications compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), sector ministries, Government Departments and Agencies. The indicators presented are

  13. Tanzania: monthly tourist arrivals 2019-2022

    Directly accessible data for 170 industries from 150+ countries and over 1 Mio. facts. ... Monthly number of tourist arrivals in Tanzania from January 2019 to February 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph ...

  14. Tanzania

    Factsheet details. This factsheet highlights the importance of Travel & Tourism to Tanzania across many metrics, and features details such as: Contribution of the sector to overall GDP and employment. Comparisons between 2019 and 2023. Forecasts for 2024 and 2034. International and domestic visitor spending. Proportion of leisure vs business ...

  15. Tanzania Tourism Sector Survey Report 2019

    Tanzania National Data Archive (TNADA) Africa Information Highway; Southern African Development Community; Tanzania Goal Tracker -SDG data; ... Tanzania Tourism Sector Survey Report 2019 On development, tourism continues to be an important source of Tanzania's foreign earnings. In 2019, earnings from tourism increased by 7.9 percent to USD ...

  16. The future of Tourism in Tanzania

    Let's reimagine the future of Tourism in Tanzania. Tanzania's tourism sector is seeing a rebound after the Covid-19 pandemic—and the aspirations for its continued growth are high: by 2025, the country hopes to reach $6 billion in tourism revenue, which assumes the influx of five million tourists annually. To achieve such lofty goals will ...

  17. Tanzania Tourism Sector Survey Report 2019

    Tanzania National Data Archive (TNADA) 2022 Census Information ; Tanzania Socio-Economic Database (TSED) Food and Agriculture Statistics (CountrySTAT) ... Tanzania Tourism Sector Survey Report 2019 On development, tourism continues to be an important source of Tanzania's foreign earnings. In 2019, earnings from tourism increased by 7.9 ...

  18. PDF Tourism Statistical Release December

    TOURISM STATISTICS Zanzibar recorded 66,720 international visitors in December 2022 which is an increase of 38.5 percent compared with 48,167 visitors recorded in December 2021 and increased by 21.0 percent compared with 55,150 visitors recorded in the preceding month (November 2022). Tourists from Europe continued to dominate the market by accounting (68.1 percent) of the

  19. International tourism, receipts (current US$)

    International tourism, receipts (current US$) - Tanzania World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files. License : CC BY-4.0

  20. Travel & Tourism

    The Travel & Tourism market in in Tanzania is projected to grow by 5.32% (2024-2028) resulting in a market volume of US$1,034.00m in 2028. ... Directly accessible data for 170 industries from 150 ...

  21. Tanzania

    The data reached an all-time high of 2.157 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of 343.000 USD mn in 1997. TZ: International Tourism: Receipts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database's Tanzania - Table TZ.World Bank: Tourism Statistics.

  22. Demographic determinants of wildlife attraction selection among

    Reports show that Tanzania tourism depends much on wildlife attractions as 36.4% of tourists who visit Tanzania, prefer to visit wildlife attractions (Tanzania Tourism Sectoral Survey Report, Citation 2019). This is due to the availability of varieties of wildlife areas ranging from national parks, game reserves, game-controlled areas, and ...

  23. National Bureau of Statistics

    Tanzania in Figures 2021 booklet gives clear insight of Tanzania's economic performance, social, environment and political spheres. This booklet presents data series for the period from 2016 to 2021. Further, the booklet provides aggregated data and contains information from various official statistical publications compiled by the National ...

  24. National Bureau of Statistics

    TASIS - Tanzania Statistical Information Service. Tanzania Socio-Economic Database (TSED) Tanzania National Data Archive (TNADA) Africa Information Highway. Southern African Development Community. Tanzania Goal Tracker -SDG data. Agriculture 2019/20 - Table Retrieval System. 2022 Census Information. Publications.