Dar es Salaam, Feb. 20 -- TANZANIA: TOURIST arrivals increased by 24.3 per cent to a record breaking of 1,808,205 tourists in the year ending December last year compared to 1,797,347 in the preceding period, thanks to the rebound of the tourism sector that led to surge in travel receipts.

The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) monthly economic review for January shows that service receipts amounted to 6,280.8 million US dollars from 4,762 million US dollars in the year ending December 2022, driven by travel (toursm) and transport receipts.

On a monthly basis, the Bank report said the service receipts were 611.9 million US dollars compared with 459.6 million US dollars in December 2022. On the other hand, the export of non-traditional goods grew by ...