See Why People Are Visiting Tanzania

It's far from being the most affluent country in the world, but what Tanzania lacks in financial power it makes up for in natural beauty.

Buffalo and Maasai warriors roam the wilds of the Serengeti, elephants guard the steppes of mount Kilimanjaro -- Africa's highest mountain -- and crystal-clear azure waters skirt the tropical coastline stretching out towards the country's archipelago, Zanzibar.

From 2010 to 2013 tourism has increased 40% -- the country now attracts over a million tourists per year.

Situated below the horn of Africa, and straddling Africa's east coast, Tanzania is bordered by Uganda and Kenya to the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo to the west; Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique lay to the south. Tanzania's political stability means that it attracts not only tourists, but economic immigrants and refugees, too. 

Since the 1990s, refugees have arrived from neighboring Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to UNHCR, Tanzania received more than 100,000 Burundians between April 1 and October 9, as people fled from political unrest.