United States Tourists Spend More Money When Visiting Tanzania Than Those Originating From Other Countries In The World.
The Latest International Visitors’ Exit Survey 2023 Published By Bank Of Tanzania (Bot) And National Bureau Of Statistics (Nbs) Shows Visitors From The United States Of America Spent The Most, With An Overall Average Expenditure Of Us$405 Per Night.
Other Source Markets With High Overall Average Expenditures Were India, Canada, And China. Consequently, These Markets Exhibited High Expenditures In Both Tour Arrangements.
According To The Survey, The Overall Average Expenditure In 2023 Was Us$250 Per Person Per Night, Closely Approaching The Us$266 Recorded In 2019, Implying That The Tourism Sector Has Rebounded To Pre-Covid-19 Pandemic Levels.
The Trends In The Average Expenditure Of Both Visitors Who Travelled Under The Package And Non-Package Tour Arrangements Depict A Positive Pattern
In Urt, The Overall Average Expenditure Increased By 17 Percent To Us$250 Per Person Per Night In 2023 From Us$214 Registered In 2022.
The Average Expenditure Of Visitors Who Came Under The Package Tour Arrangement Was Us$214 Per Person Per Night, While That Of Visitors Who Used The Non–Package Tour Arrangement Was Us$178.
In Zanzibar, The Overall Average Expenditure Was Usd 257 Per Person Per Night In 2023 Compared To Us$218 Recorded In 2022.
Similarly, Visitors To Zanzibar Under The Package Tour Arrangement Spent An Average Of Us$418 Per Person Per Night, Compared To Us$175 Spent By Visitors Under The Non-Package Tour Arrangement. Mainland Tanzania Recorded An Overall Average Expenditure Of Us$248 Per Person Per Night.
The Survey Shows Visitors Who Toured Mainland Tanzania Under The Package Arrangement Spent An Average Of Us$458 Per Person Per Night And Those Who Toured Independently Spent An Average Of Us$172 Per Person Per Night
The Average Expenditure By Purpose Of Visit Revealed That Visitors Travelling For Leisure And Holiday Spent The Highest, With An Average Expenditure Of Us$305.
Visitors Tavelling For Business Purposes, Meetings And Conferences And Volunteering Purposes Also Had High Average Expenditure.
Likewise, Visitors Who Came Under The Package Tour Arrangement Spent The Most In All Purpose Of Visits, With The Exception Of Those Who Came For Medical Treatment And Transit Purposes
When Examining The Average Expenditure By Visitation In Urt, First Time Visitors Exhibited A Higher Overall Average Expenditure Of Us$246 Compared To Usd 216 For Repeat Visitors.
A Similar Pattern Was Observed When Analysing Average Expenditure By Purpose And Tour Arrangement.
Tourism Earnings In The Urt Increased By 33.5 Percent To Us$3,373.83 Million In 2023, From Us$2,527.77 Million Recorded In 2022.
This Outturn Is Driven By Increase Of International Arrivals And Per Capita Expenditure.
Tourism Earnings In Zanzibar Increased By 7.3 Percent To Us$906.56 Million In 2023 Compared With Us$844.97 Million In 2023.
This Increase Was Largely Driven By An Uptick In The Number Of Visitors And Average Expenditure Per Person. Tourist Arrivals To Zanzibar In 2023 Reached 542,475, Up From 447,959 In 2022, Marking A Notable Increase Of 21.1 Percent.
A Significant Portion Of Earnings Came From Visitors Who Travelled For Leisure And Holidays, Totaling Us$904.42 Million (99.8 Percent), While Earnings From Business Were Comparatively Lower. Earnings From Visitors Under The Package Tour Arrangement Accounted For 80.63 Percent.
Survey Results Reveal That Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Beach, Stone Town And Tarangire Were The Most Visited Attraction Sites, Accounting For About 56 Percent Of Visitors.
These Sites Were Mostly Visited By Tourists From Long Haul Source Markets Mainly Usa, Germany, Italy, France And The United Kingdom.
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