Trade, Industry and Tourism

Overall Objective: to expand and develop sustainable and efficient industry, trade and tourism sectors to enhance employment and add value to agricultural products

Specific Objective

Specific Action

to formulate industry, trade and tourism policies by early 2002

	provide technical, business and financial support to micro and small-scale manufacturing firms
	promote and facilitate the establishment of industrial financing schemes for micro and small manufacturing enterprises
	invest in the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) and encourage investment through Zanzibar Investment Promotion Agency (ZIPA)

Growth can be expected from internal trading, especially by linking local produce to the tourist industry. The target is to keep growth in line with the general economy and to reach about 5.5% each year by 2005.

Efforts to expand Export Processing Zone (EPZ) based manufacturing will continue but there will also be efforts to increase manufacturing in small to medium enterprises which could become the major player in the sector. The target is 6% each year by 2010.

Tourism suffered a setback in late 2000 and early 2001. The target is to get back to the tourism levels of 2000 by 2002 and to continue to grow from there at a rate of about 8% each year.

What can be done to make sure that the tourist industry and foreign investments benefit the unemployed youth and the poorer communities?