Dar es Salaam vs Hurghada

Dar es Salaam leads Hurghada by 1 points on the CIRA Index, 60 to 59. Dar es Salaam grades better on 4 measures, Hurghada on 8; the same 35 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• CIRA Index: Dar es Salaam 60, Hurghada 59
• OECD: Dar es Salaam 64, Hurghada 62
• UN Tourism: Dar es Salaam 68, Hurghada 56
• UNDRR: Dar es Salaam 56, Hurghada 59

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Dar es Salaam 75, Hurghada 85
• Economy and jobs: Dar es Salaam 44, Hurghada 69
• Climate and hazards: Dar es Salaam 42, Hurghada 50
• Water and environment: Dar es Salaam 67, Hurghada 33
• Community and housing: Dar es Salaam 100, Hurghada –
• Access and continuity: Dar es Salaam 50, Hurghada 58

Where Dar es Salaam is stronger

• Largest foreign market: 15 % of international arrivals or nights (country figure) (Bank of Tanzania & Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, The 2024 International Visitors' Exit Survey Report, 2024). At or below 15: grade 4/4.
• Extreme heat days: 0.2 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.
• Municipal waste per resident: 306.6 kg per resident per year (UN-Habitat, Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT) Factsheet in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2021). At or below 350: grade 4/4.
• Dedicated tourism funding: A dedicated source partly ring-fenced for residents, infrastructure or sustainability (Southern & East African Tourism Update / Tourism Confederation of Tanzania, 2025/2026). Grade 3/4.

Where Hurghada is stronger

• Nights in the three busiest months: 28.2 % of annual nights (country figure) (World Economic Forum, TTDI 2026 (data: UN Tourism by United Nations World Tourism Organization), 2024, 2025 moving average). At or below 30: grade 4/4.
• Domestic share of nights: 37.6 % of nights by residents of the same country (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). Between 35 and 45: grade 3/4.
• Hotel bed or room occupancy: 75 % average annual occupancy (Mordor Intelligence - Egypt Hospitality Market Size & Share Analysis, December 2024). At or above 75: grade 4/4.
• Unemployment rate: 5.8 % of the labour force (country figure) (Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), Q2 2026). Between 5 and 8: grade 3/4.
• Income per head: 17,265 GDP per capita, USD PPP (country figure) (World Bank / Trading Economics, 2025). Between 15,000 and 30,000: grade 1/4.
• Wastewater safely treated: 62.6 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (country figure) (United Nations in Egypt, Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, 2024). Between 50 and 70: grade 1/4.
• Government effectiveness: 42.5 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). Between 40 and 60: grade 2/4.
• 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.

Country context (World Economic Forum)

• Tanzania: #74 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026
• Egypt: #63 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

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