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Zanzibar courts tourists from Southeast Asia

Swimming pool of The Residence Hotel in Zanzibar island, a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, East Africa. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  Apolinari Tairo

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Zanzibar is courting Indonesian businesses to invest in the island’s tourism industry.

Zanzibar President Ali Mohammed Shein said his government aims to attract 500,000 tourists annually by 2020 from Indonesia and other southeast Asian states.

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