ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's Zanzibar saw the number of international arrivals increase to 70,186 in December 2023, compared to 57,296 visitors in November, according to the Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS)-Zanzibar Thursday.

       OCGS-Zanzibar Head of Services Provisions Division Bakar Khamis Kondo told journalists at the monthly briefing that 638,498 international tourists entered Zanzibar in the whole of last year, up from 548,503 visitors in 2022.

       "Tourists from Europe continued to dominate the market by 72.3 percent of the total visitors last month," Kondo said, adding that country-wise, Italy led by sending in more tourists (by 12.3 percent) of all arrivals, followed by France and Poland.

       He explained that most visitors (90.8 percent) used airplanes to visit Zanzibar, and the rest by sea or ferries.

       "As regards gender, males still dominate 64 percent of all visitors, while the good news is that visitors or tourists from emerging markets now include Poland, India, Russia, Israel, China, and Ukraine increased in December last year," he said.