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Tourism

Vasco da Gama pillar, Malindi. There is a public statement that this is not the actual pillar. Anyway, its a cool
place to relax and enjoy the sea. Photo: Samuel Phillips
administration, gas stations, and houses
for their officials. In 1518 Mozambique

took over the role of Malindi as a
replenishment station for Portuguese
ships because the Portuguese had

trouble defending Malindi.
With the construction of the Portuguese
Fort Jesus in the nearby town of
Mombasa (1593) Malindi began its
decline. The Portuguese administration

and customs were transferred
Public beach park in Malindi. Photo: Samuel Phillips
to Mombasa and after 1666 the
Portuguese lost complete control of the

city.

The Sultan of Zanzibar Majir
refounded Malindi in 1861 and its
wealth increased between 1861 and

1890. Arab Governors appointed by
the Sultan of Zanzibar and supported
Gede ruins, Malindi. Photo: online
by a garrison of between thirty and
one hundred and fifty Baluchi soldiers
administered the city. After 1873 the
slave trade became illegal, leading to
a decline in the agricultural economy,

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