Kenya, Tanzania face pushback on mandatory travel insurance

Passengers disembark from African Express Airline Flight, the Company which introduced a Mombasa-Zanzibar flight using both CRJ-200 series with a capacity to carry 50 passengers and an MD -82 a 150-seater aircraft in this photo taken on 14th December 2022. 

Photo credit: Kevin Odit | NMG


When Zanzibar introduced mandatory travel insurance for tourists in October 2024, the government said the measure would protect visitors while easing the financial burden of assisting those who fell ill, suffered accidents or died during their stay.