LANGUAGE
Swahili and English, in major towns and tourist areas, a visitor should be able to get along quite well with English only.
LOCAL TIME
GMT plus 3 hours
ELECTRICITY
230 volts AC, 50 Hz. Plugs may be round or square 3-pin, adaptors can be useful.
MEDIA
There are several English-language daily and weekly newspapers; there are also several Swahili-language dailies and a large number of weeklies and semi-weeklies.
Electronic media include ITV, channel 10, TBC 1 and Television Zanzibar; many location and national radio station, including Radio TBC 2, Radio One, Radio Tumaini, Radio Free Africa; international Radio services such as BBC World Service, Voice of America, and other international stations; and various international television services via satellite transmission.
