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Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2026

And the winner is...

Zanzibar, Tanzania Winner Profile | visitzanzibar.go.tz

Gallery

Zanzibar Commission for Tourism - Arif Abbas Manji, Executive Secretary

Zanzibar, Tanzania - Hon. Mudrik Ramadhan Soraga, Acting Minister for Tourism and Heritage

Nominees

The following nominees (listed alphabetically) were nominated for Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2026

Bazaruto, Mozambique Cape Maclear, Malawi Cape Town, South Africa Diani Beach, Kenya Nungwi Beach, Tanzania Plettenberg Bay, South Africa Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Award History

• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2026: Zanzibar, Tanzania
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2025: Zanzibar, Tanzania
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2024: Diani Beach, Kenya
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2023: Diani Beach, Kenya
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2022: Zanzibar, Tanzania
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2021: Zanzibar, Tanzania
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2020: Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2019: Diani Beach, Kenya
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2018: Diani Beach, Kenya
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2017: Diani Beach, Kenya
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2016: Diani Beach, Kenya
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2015: Diani Beach, Kenya
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2014: Diani Beach, Kenya
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2013: Zanzibar, Tanzania
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2012: Cape Town, South Africa
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2011: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
• Africa's Leading Beach Destination 2010: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt