KOREA, Oct. 30 -- ZANZIBAR and South Koreas Jeju Island are exploring opportunities to strengthen cooperation in sustainable tourism, the blue economy, renewable energy, trade, investment and education to promote shared development and benefit from each others experience.

Zanzibar President Dr Hussein Mwinyi proposed this during a meeting with Jeju Governor Wi Seong-gon in Jeju, Republic of Korea, yesterday.

Dr Mwinyi proposed establishing a sister-island partnership between Zanzibar and Jeju to provide a framework for long-term cooperation, identify priority areas, and establish mechanisms to implement agreed initiatives.

He said Zanzibar could benefit from Jejus experience in tourism management, ecotourism, hospitality training and c...