How Zanzibar benefitted from post election violence in Kenya
Interview with Nigel Brown, Chairman House of Wonders What has the real impact been on your business, as a result of the Kenyan crisis and when did you start to see the extra tourist traffic. We started to feel the change end of January and We have had an exceptionally strong February approx. + 20% on previous years. This is partly due to a general continued growth in interest in Zanzibar and in part due to the crisis in Kenya. Do you think that Zanzibar may have been overwhelmed since it all happen so suddenly and unexpectedly. I don’t think so. Certainly many of the hotels are full at this time but I do not think that this added trade will in some way tip the balance. It must be remembered that Zanzibar has seen explosive growth over the last ten years and is able to cope. Most visitors to Zanzibar usually complain about the poor service and poorly trained hotel personnel in comparison to other tourist destinations in Africa. Please comment. I do not agree with your starting premise.