Short term rental statistics and data: Tanzania - Zanzibar Central/South Region
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Properties

There are 704 short term rentals properties in Zanzibar Central/South Region
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Hosts

In this area there are 304 unique hosts and 131 Superhosts
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Instant Booking

398 listings in Zanzibar Central/South Region have Instant Booking turned on.
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Reviews

All Zanzibar Central/South Region listings received 9.399 reviews.

MonthAvailabilityMedium Price
September 202564.37%€ 98.34
October 202568.62%€ 100.6
November 202577.33%€ 111.35
December 202569.02%€ 116.22
January 202674.59%€ 129.53
February 202683.54%€ 121.24
March 202692.05%€ 118.12
April 202696.47%€ 107.76
May 202696.2%€ 107.22
June 202698%€ 120.57
July 202695.59%€ 125.49


In the next year, in Zanzibar Central/South Region, the short term rental higher medium price is € 129.53, and the higher medium price looking only at available listings is € 130.2. Instead the lowest medium price is € 98.34 and the lowest medium price of available listings is € 94.16.
Availability of short term rental available properties in Zanzibar Central/South Region from September 2025 to July 2026 varies between 64.37% and 98%.
Consider that many short term rental hosts do not open their booking calendars too far in the future. Opening your calendar for 12 months or more could be a great business opportunity.
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Properties and rooms

In the "Zanzibar Central/South Region" area 21.4% of short term rental properties are classified as Private room in bed and breakfast, 12.8% are classified as Entire villa, 8.2% are classified as Room in hotel, 7.2% are classified as Private room in home, 7.2% are classified as Room in boutique hotel, 6.2% are classified as Entire rental unit, 6% are classified as Entire home, 3.4% are classified as Private room in bungalow, 3.2% are classified as Private room in resort, 3% are classified as Entire bungalow, and 21.4% of short term rental properties are classified in minors categories.

Rooms in non exclusive use properties are divided according to the following types: 100% are "Private rooms", 0% are "Hotel rooms" and 0% are "Shared rooms"
Bedrooms and beds

Of those properties 69.2% have 1 bedroom, 12% have 2 bedrooms, 4.8% have 3 bedrooms, 4.4% have 4 bedrooms, 3.4% have bedrooms, 2.2% have 6 bedrooms, and properties having a different number of bedrooms are 4%.

Also, the number of beds in each property varies as follows: 11% have 0 beds, 56% have 1 bed, 15.6% have 2 beds, 5.8% have 3 beds, 5.2% have 4 beds, 2.2% have 6 beds, and all other properties are about 4.2%.

98.6% have beds, 1.4% have Real bed beds, 0% have Others,
Bathrooms

The number of bathrooms for property is distributed as follows: 51.2% have bathrooms, 21% have 1.00 bathroom, 5.8% have 2.00 bathrooms, 4% have 3.00 bathrooms, 2.6% have 4.00 bathrooms, 12.4% have 5.00 bathrooms, and properties having a different number of bathrooms are 3%.

Note: A half bath value means it is just a toilet and sink. There isn't a shower or tub in it, so a house with 1.5 baths has one full bathroom and one-half bath.
Max guests capacity

Regarding the number of people that the accommodation facilities are able to accommodate, in the "Zanzibar Central/South Region" area's, we have the following segments: 3.2% can accomodate up to 1 guest guests, 52.6% can accomodate up to 2 guests guests, 10.2% can accomodate up to 3 guests guests, 15.2% can accomodate up to 4 guests guests, 4% can accomodate up to 5 guests guests, 3.6% can accomodate up to 6 guests guests, 3.2% can accomodate up to 8 guests guests, and 8% can accomodate a different number of guests.
Cancellation policies

"Zanzibar Central/South Region" area's hosts apply cancellation policies for their properties as follows: 42.6% apply Flexible policy, 25.6% apply Strict policy, 14.4% apply Firm policy, 13.4% apply Moderate policy, and hosts applying different policies are 4%.