TOURISM STATISTICAL RELEASE JANUARY 2026

Zanzibar recorded 100,216 international visitors in January 2026, an increase of 19.2 percent compared with 84,069 visitors in January 2025 and decrease of 0.5 percent compared with 100,729 visitors recorded in the preceding month (December 2025). European tourists dominated the market by accounting for 69.5 percent of the total visitors in January 2026. Country-wise, Italy dominated the tourism market by accounting for 14.4 percent of all visitors entered in January 2026, followed by French (6.9 percent), while Japanese recorded less than one percent (0.3 percent), the least. Other performances are shown in Table 1. The data shows that in January 2026, 92,580 visitors, equivalent to 92.3 percent of the total visitors entered through the Airport. 71,344 visitors entered by international flights and 21,236 by domestic flights. The remaining 7,636 visitors entered through the seaport; 581 visitors entered through a cruise ship and 7,055 entered through ferries from the Tanzania Mainland.

Published on December 08, 2025