1.4 mln tourists visit Tanzania in 2021 -Xinhua

1.4 mln tourists visit Tanzania in 2021

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2022-01-02 19:54:10

This file photo shows people view the sunset in Zanzibar, Tanzania, on July 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Herman Emmanuel)

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said that 1.4 million tourists visited the east African nation in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic that hugely affected the tourism industry.

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said that 1.4 million tourists visited the east African nation in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic that hugely affected the tourism industry.

This file photo taken on July 30, 2021, shows a sunset view in Zanzibar, Tanzania. (Xinhua/Herman Emmanuel)

In her message to bid farewell to 2021 and welcome the New Year on Friday night, President Hassan said only 620,867 tourists visited the country in 2020, the year that the pandemic was first reported in Tanzania.

"In 2021, there was an increase of 779,133 tourists who visited Tanzania," she said in her address televised live by the state-run Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation.

"Our expectations are that the tourism industry will continue to flourish in 2022 and beyond," she said.

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