Las Vegas vs Tegucigalpa

Las Vegas and Tegucigalpa are level on the CIRA Index at 59. Las Vegas grades better on 13 measures, Tegucigalpa on 8; the same 35 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• CIRA Index: Las Vegas 59, Tegucigalpa 59
• OECD: Las Vegas 60, Tegucigalpa 59
• UN Tourism: Las Vegas 56, Tegucigalpa 61
• UNDRR: Las Vegas 67, Tegucigalpa 45

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Las Vegas 79, Tegucigalpa 70
• Economy and jobs: Las Vegas 81, Tegucigalpa 50
• Climate and hazards: Las Vegas 35, Tegucigalpa 55
• Water and environment: Las Vegas 31, Tegucigalpa 69
• Community and housing: Las Vegas 50, Tegucigalpa 75
• Access and continuity: Las Vegas 83, Tegucigalpa 33

Where Las Vegas is stronger

• Nights in the three busiest months: 26.3 % of annual nights (metro figure) (Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) Research Center, Executive Summary of Southern Nevada Tourism Indicators, 2024). At or below 30: grade 4/4.
• Largest foreign market: 25.3 % of international arrivals or nights (metro figure) (Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) / Oxford Economics, 2025). Between 20 and 30: grade 2/4.
• Unemployment rate: 4.8 % of the labour force (metro figure) (Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), August 2026). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Income per head: 63,767 GDP per capita, USD PPP (metro figure) (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) via Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED / Trading Economics, 2023). At or above 60,000: grade 4/4.
• Flood hazard: low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 3/4.
• Country disaster risk: 3.3 INFORM Risk index, 0–10 (country figure) (INFORM Risk (European Commission JRC), INFORM Risk Mid 2026, 2026). Between 2 and 3.5: grade 3/4.
• Wastewater safely treated: 99 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (metro figure) (Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), 2024). At or above 95: grade 4/4.
• Rent growth: -4.2 % change in rents over the last 12 months (Apartment List, Las Vegas, NV Rent Report (September 2026), August 2025–August 2026). At or below 3: grade 4/4.
• Access redundancy: 2 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (metro figure) (Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada / Clark County Department of Aviation, 2026). Between 2 and 3: grade 2/4.
• Tourism crisis and recovery plan: A plan with named owners, operators and recovery funding (Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) Financial & Operations Policies, 2025). Grade 3/4.
• Government effectiveness: 84 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). At or above 80: grade 4/4.
• Travel advisory: 1 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). At or below 1: grade 4/4.
• Dedicated tourism funding: A dedicated source plus a reserve or stabilisation fund for downturns (Las Vegas Review-Journal / LVCVA FY 2026 Budget, FY 2025–2026). Grade 4/4.

Where Tegucigalpa is stronger

• Recovery against 2019: 102.5 % of 2019 visitor nights reached in the latest full year (country figure) (Instituto Hondureño de Turismo (IHT) via El Heraldo, 2023). Between 100 and 110: grade 3/4.
• Average length of stay: 9.7 nights per visitor (country figure) (Instituto Hondureño de Turismo (IHT), Indicadores del sector turismo en Honduras / Invest in Honduras (CAF - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina), 2024). At or above 3.5: grade 4/4.
• Extreme heat days: 5.8 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). Between 5 and 15: grade 3/4.
• Tropical nights: 10 nights a year with a minimum at or above 20°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). At or below 10: grade 4/4.
• Water scarcity: low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 3/4.
• Municipal waste per resident: 200.4 kg per resident per year (Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (Lima) / Redalyc - Generación y composición de residuos sólidos domiciliarios en Honduras durante la pandemia Covid-19, 2020). At or below 350: grade 4/4.
• Green space: 43 % of the urban area that is green or tree-covered (metro figure) (Global Forest Watch / Global Nature Watch, Distrito Central Forest Monitoring, 2020). At or above 40: grade 4/4.
• Short-let density: 0.3 short-term rental listings per 100 dwellings (AirROI (Tegucigalpa STR Market Report) and INE Honduras (XVIII Censo de Población y VII de Vivienda), 2024–2026). At or below 0.5: grade 4/4.

Country context (World Economic Forum)

• United States: #2 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026
• Honduras: #103 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

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