Invest Zanzibar

Invest with the industry's knowledge behind you

A clear route in for investors and developers, and honest market intelligence from the hotels that operate here.

In development
Aerial view of wooden dhows resting on the sand flats at low tide beside a green coastline in Zanzibar

What Invest Zanzibar will offer

Hotels are profitable, investment is confident and more of the money stays in Zanzibar. That is the Prosperity pillar, and this is how we will support it.

  • A roadmap

    A clear route in for investors and developers, from first enquiry to opening.

  • Opportunities

    Where Zanzibar’s hotel sector sees room to grow.

  • Honest market intelligence

    Aggregated hotel-sector data from Market Pulse and Hotel Pulse. No single hotel’s performance is ever identified.

917,167

International arrivals in 2025, a record

Source: OCGS and ZCT, via The Citizen

60%+

Estimated hospitality share of the national economy, counting direct, indirect and induced impact

Source: HAZ estimate

Talk to HAZ

Planning a hotel, an acquisition or a partnership in Zanzibar? Tell us what you are working on and we will point you to the right people.