Article: Charles O. Cecil: -Excerpt-
In the early 1990’s, however, the government began to allow private investment initiatives, and a more open political atmosphere prevailed. Unesco provided a major boost in 2000 when it placed Stone Town on its list of World Heritage Sites as “an outstanding material manifestation of cultural fusion and harmonization” of African, Arab and Indian architectural and cultural traditions.
Thanks to unesco and to several major projects funded by the Aga Khan Charitable Trust, a number of important structures, including the Old Dispensary, have been restored, and Zanzibar’s architectural heritage is being preserved. Far more tourists come today to see the narrow alleyways of Stone Town than to inspect the clove plantations. Indeed, nearly 150,000 tourists visited the island in 2007, the record number to date.
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