Zanzibar Refutes Aids, Tourism Link

The Zanzibar government has allayed fears that the booming tourism industry has resulted to increased HIV/Aids infections in the Isles. The minister for Tourism and Investment,Ms Samia Sululu Hassan,said yesterday that a recent research by the government has not revealed any connection between tourism and the Aids scourge. The minister said this when answering a question by Fuoni Representative (CCM)Anaclet Thobias Makungula who had wanted to know if booming tourism fuels HIV/Aids infections. The minister said research conducted last year has show that the growth of Isles tourism sector has increased the threat of HIV infection. She instead blamed prostitution and drug use among youth as the main cause of infections of the disease in Zanzibar. She said according to research findings, the rate of infection among businesspeople... [read full story]