Zimbabwe’s Visitor Numbers Are Up 11 Per Cent

Zimbabwe welcomed 384,515 international visitors in the first three months of 2026, up eleven per cent on the same period last year, one of the strongest growth rates on the continent. The recognition that began with Forbes naming Zimbabwe the world's best country to visit in 2025 is converting into arrivals, and the country is investing accordingly, with a new tourism financing strategy supporting operators across Victoria Falls, Hwange and Mana Pools.

The case for going has not changed. Hwange National Park holds one of the continent's largest elephant populations. Mana Pools offers walking safaris on the Zambezi flood plain where wild dogs hunt in the open at dawn. The Eastern Highlands, rising nearly 2,600 metres along the Mozambique border, remain almost entirely unknown to international visitors. Zimbabwe spent years being overlooked. The numbers now say that is over.