Zimbabwe tourists arrival up 7%

Tourist arrivals in the first half of the year grew by 7% to 980 276 driven by rise in main land Africa, although the ZTA believes the number could be higher if cumbersome Visa processes are removed.

In the same period last year arrivals were at 867 163. Africa contributed the biggest chunk to arrivals at 87%, Europe was a distant second at 6%.

Americans had 3% of the market share, Oceanic and Asia had 2% apiece while Middle East contributed 0.2% to arrivals. However arrivals from China rose by 46% during the period under review.