Mnemba welcomes only 1,000 guests a year. Compare that with the 500,000 or so that visit Zanzibar's main island of Unguja and you begin to understand just how special this island is.

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The ongoing construction of the Bagamoyo-Pangani-Tanga road will further open up economic activities, while improved water transport services will benefit Tanga, Unguja and Pemba, she further noted.