Salvador

Salvador, Brazil, scores 59 on the CIRA Index of tourism resilience, #157 of 309 destinations. 25 of 29 measures come from public sources, with 84% confidence. Every grade below states its value, period and source.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• CIRA Index: 59
• OECD: 55
• UN Tourism: 65
• UNDRR: 46

Strongest

• Domestic share of nights: 93.7 % of nights by residents of the same country (ABIH-BA (Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Hotéis da Bahia) via Let's Go Bahia / BN Hall, 2025). At or above 45: grade 4/4.
• Average length of stay: 5 nights per visitor (Observatório do Turismo – Prefeitura Municipal do Salvador, Relatório de Pesquisa Turística Dados Consolidados 2024, 2024). At or above 3.5: grade 4/4.
• Extreme heat days: 0 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). At or below 5: grade 4/4.

Weakest

• Largest foreign market: 43.6 % of international arrivals or nights (region figure) (Embratur / Polícia Federal via Secretaria de Turismo do Estado da Bahia (Setur-BA), Jan–Nov 2025). Above 40: grade 0/4.
• Rent growth: 20.4 % change in rents over the last 12 months (Fipe (Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas) - Índice FipeZAP de Locação Residencial, 12 months to July 2025). Above 15: grade 0/4.
• Tropical nights: 365.2 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.

Brazil in the World Economic Forum Travel & Tourism Development Index

Brazil is #32 of 110 countries (4.41 of 7) in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026, which scores countries, not cities. Cities in countries with that WEF score average 62 on the CIRA Index; Salvador is 3 below that.

Every measure, by theme

Demand and seasonality: 65

• Nights in the three busiest months: 39.3 % of annual nights (country figure) (World Economic Forum, TTDI 2026 (data: UN Tourism by United Nations World Tourism Organization), 2024, 2025 moving average). Between 35 and 40: grade 2/4. Source
• Domestic share of nights: 93.7 % of nights by residents of the same country (ABIH-BA (Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Hotéis da Bahia) via Let's Go Bahia / BN Hall, 2025). At or above 45: grade 4/4. Source
• Largest foreign market: 43.6 % of international arrivals or nights (region figure) (Embratur / Polícia Federal via Secretaria de Turismo do Estado da Bahia (Setur-BA), Jan–Nov 2025). Above 40: grade 0/4. Source
• Recovery against 2019: not measured yet
• Average length of stay: 5 nights per visitor (Observatório do Turismo – Prefeitura Municipal do Salvador, Relatório de Pesquisa Turística Dados Consolidados 2024, 2024). At or above 3.5: grade 4/4. Source
• Hotel bed or room occupancy: 66.5 % average annual occupancy (Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Hotéis da Bahia (ABIH-BA), Pesquisa Conjuntural de Desempenho (Taxinfo), 2025). Between 65 and 75: grade 3/4. Source

Economy and jobs: 58

• Jobs in tourism industries: 3.1 % of employment in accommodation and food services (country figure) (World Economic Forum, TTDI 2026 (data: Travel & Tourism Economic Impact Research by World Travel & Tourism Council; Travel & Tourism by World Travel & Tourism Council), 2026). At or below 8: grade 4/4. Source
• Unemployment rate: 9.7 % of the labour force (IBGE - Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios Contínua (PNAD Contínua), Q4 2024). Between 8 and 12: grade 2/4. Source
• Income per head: 23,433 GDP per capita, USD PPP (country figure) (World Bank WDI, 2025). Between 15,000 and 30,000: grade 1/4. Source
• Economic diversity: not measured yet

Climate and hazards: 40

• Extreme heat days: 0 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). At or below 5: grade 4/4. Source
• Tropical nights: 365.2 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: high (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 1/4. Source
• Wildfire and storm hazard: high (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 1/4. Source
• Country disaster risk: 4.7 INFORM Risk index, 0–10 (country figure) (INFORM Risk (European Commission JRC), INFORM Risk Mid 2026, 2026). Between 3.5 and 5: grade 2/4. Source

Water and environment: 75

• Water scarcity: low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 3/4. Source
• Wastewater safely treated: 100 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (Instituto Trata Brasil / Ministério das Cidades (Ranking do Saneamento 2025, base SINISA 2023), 2023). At or above 95: grade 4/4. Source
• Municipal waste per resident: 372.3 kg per resident per year (Ministério do Desenvolvimento Regional / Sistema Nacional de Informações sobre Saneamento (SNIS) - Diagnóstico Temático Manejo de Resíduos Sólidos Urbanos, 2021). Between 350 and 450: grade 3/4. Source
• Green space: 26.2 % of the urban area that is green or tree-covered (MapBiomas (Perfil das Áreas Urbanas no Brasil), 2023). Between 20 and 30: grade 2/4. Source

Community and housing: 38

• Tourism intensity: not measured yet
• Cruise pressure: not measured yet
• Rent growth: 20.4 % change in rents over the last 12 months (Fipe (Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas) - Índice FipeZAP de Locação Residencial, 12 months to July 2025). Above 15: grade 0/4. Source
• Short-let density: 0.7 short-term rental listings per 100 dwellings (AirDNA & IBGE (Censo Demográfico 2022), 2024–2026). Between 0.5 and 1: grade 3/4. Source
• Resident support for tourism: not measured yet

Access and continuity: 54

• Access redundancy: 3 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (Salvador Bahia Airport & Port of Salvador / Companhia das Docas do Estado da Bahia (CODEBA), 2026). Between 3 and 4: grade 3/4. 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: An updated city plan with public early warning for heat, flood or fire (Defesa Civil de Salvador (Codesal), 2025–2026). Grade 3/4. Source
• Tourism crisis and recovery plan: Crisis communication only, ad hoc (Secretaria Municipal de Cultura e Turismo (SECULT Salvador) & SETUR Bahia, 2024–2026). Grade 1/4. Source
• Government effectiveness: 44.8 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). Between 40 and 60: grade 2/4. Source
• Travel advisory: 2 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). Between 1 and 2: grade 3/4. Source
• Dedicated tourism funding: A promotion budget that depends each year on the general budget (Prefeitura Municipal de Salvador / Secretaria Municipal de Cultura e Turismo (SECULT), 2025–2026). Grade 1/4. Source

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