ZANZIBAR, March 12 -- ZANZIBAR recorded 86,839 international tourist arrivals in February this year, marking a 4.9 per cent increase compared to 82,750 visitors recorded in February last year.

However, the figure represents a 13.3 per cent decline compared to 100,216 visitors who arrived in January this year.

Presenting the tourism entry statistics, a statistician from the Tourism Unit of the Office of the Chief Government Statistician (Zanzibar), Fatma Hilal Mohammed said 49,451 visitors (56.9 per cent) were men, while 37,388 (43.1 per cent) were women.

According to the report, Europe remained the leading source market, accounting for 67,171 visitors (77.4 per cent).

Africa followed with 8,690 visitors (10 per cent), while Asia contr...