PACS 73.61. Ga, 78.55.Et, 81.15.Gh P-type doping of ZnTe has been investigated by metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy using tris-dimethylaminophosphorus as a dopant source. The photoluminescence and electrical properties of the layers have been clarified as a function of the dopant transport rate. For the layer grown at low dopant transport rate, e.g., 0.01 µmol/min, the spectrum is characterized by a free-to-bound transition emission related to phosphorus acceptor, although the spectrum is characterized by the donor-acceptor pair recombination emission for a relatively high dopant transport rate, e.g., 0.8 µmol/min. The carrier concentration of approximately 8 × 10 17 cm -3 is obtainable by using this dopant source.