Whilst export earnings from this traditional commodity fall (for more details see the Cloves box in the Flora section on page 48), the income from tourism is rising to plug the gap. Some observers expect it to be Zanzibar's largest generator of foreign exchange within about a decade. Zanzibar is looking at tourism as the leading foreign revenue source, as the number of foreign tourists visiting the island has been growing in the last two decades. Zanzibar. According to official data, tourism is currently the Island's leading source of foreign revenue and contributes up to 70 percent of export value in foreign income.
Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi alisema kukamilika kwa ujenzi wa miradi mitatu inayotekelezwa na Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar kutafungua fursa pana ya ajira hasa kwa Vijana pamoja na kuimarika kwa ufanisi wa kazi katika Taasisi za Umma na hata zile Binafsi. Akizungumza na Waandishi wa Vyombo mbali mbali vya Habari hapa Nchini mara baada ya kuwasili kwenye uwanja wa ndege wa Kimataifa wa Zanzibar akitokea Nchini China kwa ziara ya siku Tano ya Kiserikali Balozi Seif aliitaja miradi hiyo kuwa ni ujenzi wa Bandari ya Mpiga Duri, kukamilika kwa eneo la maegesho ya ndege pamoja na Mawasialiano Serikalini {E. Government}.