Tanzania tourism statistics: arrivals, nights and spend

Where Tanzania stands, August 2023

Tanzania in August: up on a year

Tanzania recorded 186,030 visitor arrivals in August 2023, +17.7% on a year.

From the figures on 20 October 2026Every number checked against the dataNext update when September is published

At a glance

Latest month	August 2023
Visitor arrivals	186,030
On a year	+17.7%
Year to date, on a year	+25.7%
Growth rank in Middle East and Africa	6 of 10
Best month on record	August 2023

Jet fuel, a gallon$2.99-10.5% on a year/v1/fuel

Growth 20235.1%outturn/v1/economy/TZ

This brief, its figures, rivals and outlook as data: GET /v1/countries/TZ/briefAnalyst

International visitor arrivals to Tanzania, and the change on a year

Visitor arrivalsThe year beforeChange on a year, %

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Tanzania against other destinations

Click a country to swap it, or remove it with the cross. Up to six alongside Tanzania.As data: GET /v1/compare?country=TZDeveloper

Country	Latest	Figure	On a year	Vs 2019	Year to date	Rivalry with Tanzania

The last six months

Month	Visitor arrivals	On a year	Vs 2019	Vs 3-year average
Aug 2023	186,030	+17.7%	n/a	n/a
Jul 2023	185,929	+11.5%	n/a	n/a
Jun 2023	146,896	+25.2%	n/a	n/a
May 2023	106,497	+19.3%	n/a	n/a
Apr 2023	96,852	+22.0%	n/a	n/a
Mar 2023	118,186	+25.9%	n/a	n/a

The next three months

No forecast for Tanzania yet: it needs a longer monthly history in one unbroken series.

How it is worked out See the full outlook

Measures held

Arrivals/v1/arrivals?country=TZ

Spend/v1/spend?country=TZ

Recovery against 2019n/aNot worked out for Tanzania yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Analyst

Forecast, next 12 monthsn/aNot worked out for Tanzania yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

Market concentrationn/aNot worked out for Tanzania yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

What is held for Tanzania

Measure	Frequency	Breakdown	Series	From	Latest
Arrivals	Monthly	Total	1	2022-01	2023-08
Spend	Quarterly	Total	4	2012-Q1	2026-Q2
Spend	Annual	Total	4	1976	2025
Spend	Annual	Purpose	2	1999	2009

Monthly arrivals: 80.0% of months held since 2022, 4 missing and being looked for. See every month

Get Tanzania in one call

# every arrivals month, Developer plan
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/arrivals?country=TZ" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

# the whole country in one file, Intel plan
curl -o tz.csv "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/bulk/TZ.csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

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