Zanzibar is turning into African tourist paradise, with miles of untouched beaches stretching against a backdrop of the Indian Ocean From one tourist hotel to 600 world-class hotels and resorts, ...

Famous for sea sports, dolphin watching, and unbeatable pristine sand beaches, Zanzibar island is in a serious political dilemma on whether to remain a part of Tanzania or separate to become a new cou ...

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The island of Zanzibar, just off the mainland of East Africa, receives 100,000 tourists each year, including many honeymooners. The allure is clear: beautiful beaches of powder-white sand, fascinating ...

Fairmont Zanzibar general manager Tom Norberg explains why this island, anchored off East Africa in the glistening Indian Ocean is gearing up to receive Middle East travelers. What do you offer to ...

There’s a phrase that the locals love to use in Zanzibar, one that sums up life on this archipelago of 50 islands just off the coast of East Africa: hakuna matata. It means “no worries,” (as fans of ...

It was an awful week for Tanzania: religious tensions erupted, and a horrifying acid attack on a pair of young British women spurred international headlines. The country's tourism officials may want ...

Zanzibar, Tanzania – When Jak, a 30-year-old Syrian, first arrived on the islands of Zanzibar, in February 2016, he asked his taxi driver to take him to a hotel with Arabic-speaking staff. He was ...

We were supposed to be married more than two years ago on the Bosphorus. But Covid-19 put a stop to that, and we are still unwed. Crazed by what seems like decades of lockdown and no travel, we are ...

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