Russia-Ukraine war may hit recovery of tourism to Tanzania

Russian tourists walk on the tarmac shortly after their chartered flight landed at the Abeid Amani International Airport in Zanzibar in November 2020. PHOTO | FILE

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Russia and Ukraine are among Tanzania’s five leading sources of tourists, with Russia being the biggest source by far with a total of 74,579 arrivals in the first six months of last year, according to National Bureau of Statistics figures