Beer inflation hits holiday island: tourists rage – minister resigns. Thousands of people are threatened with unemployment.
Zanzibar hotels are running out of alcohol - hoteliers fear that tourists will stay away. Beer prices have risen by 100 percent, reports the BBC. A little blonde now costs two dollars. Last year there was only one. Alcohol is mostly imported from mainland Tanzania or South Africa. It is mostly Muslim and producing alcohol is prohibited on the island. Instead, three new companies have received a license to produce alcohol.