Tourism of Tanzania Top 6 Facts

Facts : 1 Travel and tourism contributed 12.7 %%% of Tanzania s gross domestic product and employed 11.0 %%% of the country s labour force (1,189,300 jobs) in 2013<br />Facts : 2 The sector is growing rapidly, with overall receipts rising from US $ 1.74 billion in 2004 to US $ 4.48 billion in 2013, and receipts from international tourists rising from US $ 1.255 billion in 2010 to US $ 1.880 billion in 2013<br />Facts : 3 In 2012, 1,043,000 tourists arrived at Tanzania s borders compared to 590,000 in 2005<br />Facts : 4 The vast majority of tourists visit Zanzibar or a northern circuit of Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, and Mount Kilimanjaro<br />Facts : 5 In 2013, the most visited national park was Serengeti (452,485 tourists), followed by Manyara (187,773) and Tarangire (165,949)<br />Facts : 6 According to a 2013 published report, around 600,000 people visit the NCA annually, earning 56 billion Tanzanian shillings in 2012