Kananga

Kananga, DR Congo, scores 25 on the CIRA Index of tourism resilience, #305 of 309 destinations. 15 of 29 measures come from public sources, with 47% confidence. Every grade below states its value, period and source.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• CIRA Index: 25
• OECD: 23
• UN Tourism: 31
• UNDRR: 18

Strongest

• Unemployment rate: 4.4 % of the labour force (country figure) (World Bank / International Labour Organization (ILOEST), 2025). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Municipal waste per resident: 99 kg per resident per year (country figure) (World Bank, What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050, 2018). At or below 350: grade 4/4.
• Extreme heat days: 29.2 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). Between 15 and 30: grade 2/4.

Weakest

• Hotel bed or room occupancy: 18.9 % average annual occupancy (country figure) (UN Tourism (UNWTO) / ResearchGate publication 'Status, Prospects and Challenges of the Tourism Industry in Democratic Republic of Congo', 2022). Below 45: grade 0/4.
• Travel advisory: 4 stricter of the US and Canadian government advisory for the country, 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel) (country figure) (US State Department and Government of Canada travel advisories, 2026-09-29). Above 3: grade 0/4.
• Government effectiveness: 2.8 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). Below 20: grade 0/4.

Every measure, by theme

Demand and seasonality: 0

• Nights in the three busiest months: not measured yet
• Domestic share of nights: not measured yet
• Largest foreign market: not measured yet
• Recovery against 2019: not measured yet
• Average length of stay: not measured yet
• Hotel bed or room occupancy: 18.9 % average annual occupancy (country figure) (UN Tourism (UNWTO) / ResearchGate publication 'Status, Prospects and Challenges of the Tourism Industry in Democratic Republic of Congo', 2022). Below 45: grade 0/4. Source

Economy and jobs: 50

• Jobs in tourism industries: not measured yet
• Unemployment rate: 4.4 % of the labour force (country figure) (World Bank / International Labour Organization (ILOEST), 2025). At or below 5: grade 4/4. Source
• Income per head: 1,920 GDP per capita, USD PPP (country figure) (World Bank, World Development Indicators (International Comparison Program), 2025). Below 15,000: grade 0/4. Source
• Economic diversity: not measured yet

Climate and hazards: 17

• Extreme heat days: 29.2 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). Between 15 and 30: grade 2/4. Source
• Tropical nights: 261.6 nights a year with a minimum at or above 20°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). Above 100: grade 0/4. Source
• Flood hazard: not measured yet
• Wildfire and storm hazard: not measured yet
• Country disaster risk: 8 INFORM Risk index, 0–10 (country figure) (INFORM Risk (European Commission JRC), INFORM Risk Mid 2026, 2026). Above 6.5: grade 0/4. Source

Water and environment: 42

• Water scarcity: not measured yet
• Wastewater safely treated: 1.3 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (country figure) (UN-Water / WHO / UN-Habitat, Progress on the proportion of domestic and industrial wastewater flows safely treated (SDG 6.3.1), 2024). Below 50: grade 0/4. Source
• Municipal waste per resident: 99 kg per resident per year (country figure) (World Bank, What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050, 2018). At or below 350: grade 4/4. Source
• Green space: 16 % of the urban area that is green or tree-covered (Global Forest Watch, 2020). Between 10 and 20: grade 1/4. Source

Community and housing

• Tourism intensity: not measured yet
• Cruise pressure: not measured yet
• Rent growth: not measured yet
• Short-let density: not measured yet
• Resident support for tourism: not measured yet

Access and continuity: 4

• Access redundancy: 1 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (Embassy of the DRC / SNCC, 2024). Between 1 and 2: grade 1/4. Source
• Air traffic recovery: not measured yet
• Rail share of intercity access: not measured yet
• Rail traffic recovery: not measured yet
• Largest airline group share: not measured yet
• Air route concentration: not measured yet
• Early warning and emergency plan: No public multi-hazard warning or emergency plan found (World Bank - Kananga Emergency Urban Resilience Project, 2024). Grade 0/4. Source
• Tourism crisis and recovery plan: No tourism crisis or recovery plan found (DRC Ministry of Tourism / Provincial Government of Kasaï-Central, 2024). Grade 0/4. Source
• Government effectiveness: 2.8 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). Below 20: grade 0/4. Source
• Travel advisory: 4 stricter of the US and Canadian government advisory for the country, 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel) (country figure) (US State Department and Government of Canada travel advisories, 2026-09-29). Above 3: grade 0/4. Source
• Dedicated tourism funding: No dedicated tourism budget found (Direction Générale des Recettes du Kasaï-Central (DGRKAC) / LoGRI, 2024). Grade 0/4. Source

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