Zanzibar in numbers
Data
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Tourism · International visitor arrivals
How many visitors come to Zanzibar?
Verified series through September 2026 · Last checked 27 October 2026
- January–September 2026
- 729,301
- international visitor arrivals
- Same period a year earlier
- +11.0%
- vs 656,865 in January–September 2025
- September 2026
- 96,073
- +14.2% vs September 2025
The latest year ends at the last verified month. Missing months are unavailable, not zero. No forecast is shown.
| Month | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 vs 2024 | 2026 vs 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 73,468 | 84,069 | 100,216 | +14.4% | +19.2% |
| Feb | 71,095 | 82,750 | 86,839 | +16.4% | +4.9% |
| Mar | 51,873 | 60,345 | 65,581 | +16.3% | +8.7% |
| Apr | 28,995 | 37,137 | 38,554 | +28.1% | +3.8% |
| May | 29,995 | 37,038 | 40,151 | +23.5% | +8.4% |
| Jun | 51,559 | 67,496 | 69,605 | +30.9% | +3.1% |
| Jul | 68,223 | 98,370 | 107,801 | +44.2% | +9.6% |
| Aug | 72,296 | 105,506 | 124,481 | +45.9% | +18.0% |
| Sep | 60,731 | 84,154 | 96,073 | +38.6% | +14.2% |
| Oct | 69,860 | 86,740 | — | +24.2% | — |
| Nov | 67,049 | 72,833 | — | +8.6% | — |
| Dec | 91,611 | 100,729 | — | +10.0% | — |
| Jan–Sep total | 508,235 | 656,865 | 729,301 | +29.2% | +11.0% |
| Full-year total | 736,755 | 917,167 | — | +24.5% | — |
— Unavailable. CSV includes the original source URL and verification status for each observation.
Sources & methodology
Publisher: Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar, with the Zanzibar Commission for Tourism. These statistics count international visitors arriving through airports and seaports, including visitors travelling via mainland Tanzania. They are distinct from total airport passenger traffic.
- Tourism Statistical Release, December 2025 (PDF) — Annex II: 2024 and 2025. Publisher’s page.
- Tourism Statistical Release, September 2026 (PDF) — Annex II: January–September 2026; historical comparison rows cross-checked. Publisher’s page.
- OCGS monthly tourism publication catalogue — the primary source for new releases and revisions.
PDFs are archived copies of the official publications. The chart, table and CSV are ZNZist’s presentation of those figures. Percentage changes are calculated from counts and rounded to one decimal place; comparisons use the same months in each year. Later releases may revise historical observations.
Dataset checked 27 October 2026. The OCGS catalogue is checked daily for new releases and changes; publication follows source review. The date above changes when the dataset is checked, not whenever the page is visited.