Anex, has announced the news on expanding the geography of flights to the Republic of Tanzania and, in particular, to the island of Zanzibar. The new route has been available to residents of Novosibirsk since the beginning of September on regular FlyDubai connecting flights.

Tanzania, and in particular Zanzibar, has become one of the top destinations for the tour operator Ambotis Holidays in the 2022-2023 season in terms of sales. In February 2023, Ambotis took a block of seats on several Oman Air flights and now offers tours to Tanzania with fixed arrival dates and fixed prices.

Tanzania has made changes to the current rules for the entry of foreign tourists. The country recognized the Sputnik V vaccine, exempting vaccinated Russians from certificates of a negative PCR test and tests upon arrival.

Russia has suspended flights to Turkey and Tanzania from April 15 to June 1, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. The exception is made only to two flights per week on the Istanbul - Moscow route. For this period, tour operators are advised to suspend sales of tour packages to Turkey.

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Coral Travel charter program to Zanzibar from Yekaterinburg started on February 2. Flights are operated by Royal Flight once every 10 days by Boeing 767-300.

Russia, Abkhazia, Turkey and Tanzania have become the most popular destinations for organized tourists for the New Year holidays.

12% of tourists planned to celebrate the New Year on the island of Zanzibar in Tanzania.

More than 2,7 million Russians traveled abroad in 2020, which is 77% less than a year earlier.

The first charter flight of Royal Flight after the resumption of air traffic has landed on Zanzibar Island in Tanzania.

Rosaviatsia has returned to Ufa airport the opportunity to serve international flights. Nowadays, the route network to foreign countries from Ufa is still limited by Turkey. Also, direct flights from Ufa to Zanzibar are planned to be performed since November.

Pegas Touristik tour operator has decided to expand the geography of departure cities to Zanzibar. The number of departure cities from November will be increased to three - St. Petersburg and Kazan will be added to Moscow.

Leading federal tour operators continue to expand their flight programs as the number of cities has been restored for abroad flights.

The charter programs of the leading Russian tour operators to Tanzanian Zanzibar have been recently supplemented by regular flights of Utair. The carrier plans to fly to the island three times a week.

The first direct flight to Zanzibar (Tanzania) will depart from Moscow on October 25. The flights will be operated by NordWind Airline for Pegas Touristik. The second charter chain starts on October 30.

Tour operator Biblio-Globus decided to resume flights to Tanzania after October 1.

Already on August 1, tourists will be able to go on vacation to Tanzania. It will be possible to fly there from three cities of Russia - Moscow, St. Petersburg and Rostov-on-Don.

This year, Pegas Touristik and Anex Tour were replaced on the destination by the tour operator Biblio-Globus. The tour operator’s own flight program on boards of Rossia Airlines was launched on October 27 and will last until the end of March.

Approximately a week ago the tours arriving Zanzibar airport appeared on the TO website. The flight is declared as the direct one. One can see the announcement: Since 26.10.2019 for 7 nights, BB Tours to Zanzibar island (direct flight) the price stars from 61057 rubles (946 $) per person in DBL room. This flight program is supposed to be fulfilled on Rossiya aircrafts.

Tours to Tanzanian Zanzibar from Coral Travel on New Year's dates will be presented on the flights of Oman Air. The supplier took guaranteed rooms in the best Zanzibar hotels, which can be booked at attractive prices now. “Tourists from Russia are more and more interested in exotic destinations in Africa, including Tanzania and its island Zanzibar, the demand for which has increased in recent years. This you can see even in hotels that previously could be booked instantly, but now many of them are in stop a year in advance,” told Margarita Osipova, the leading specialist in the department of exotic of the tour operator. 

The tour operator continues to discover and develop exotic destinations in Africa. Following last year’s experiment with Gambia and after entering Tanzania this year, the company opened a sale of group tours to another African country.