Britain pips Kenya as top tourist source market for Tanzania
Tourists in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. The country is a popular tourist destination as it is home to Africa’s tallest mountain, Mt Kilimanjaro and the Ngorongoro Crater. FILE PHOTO | NATION
The United Kingdom has overtaken Kenya to become Tanzania’s second largest source of visitors. The number of Kenyan tourists fell to 8.4 per cent in 2017 from 11.7 per cent the year before.
“Total visitors for 2017 were mainly from the US, accounting for 13.2 per cent, the second largest source being the UK with 9.5 per cent and Kenya at 8.4 per cent,” the 2017 International Visitors’ Exit Survey report showed.
