Short term rental statistics and data: Tanzania - Zanzibar Urban/West Region
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Properties

There are 457 short term rentals properties in Zanzibar Urban/West Region
short term rental hosts and superhosts
Hosts

In this area there are 288 unique hosts and 49 Superhosts
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Instant Booking

208 listings in Zanzibar Urban/West Region have Instant Booking turned on.
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Reviews

All Zanzibar Urban/West Region listings received 7.539 reviews.

MonthAvailabilityMedium Price
October 202570.96%€ 65.44
November 202583.83%€ 66.72
December 202586.69%€ 70.33
January 202691.79%€ 70.28
February 202692.07%€ 72.88
March 202694.89%€ 73.65
April 202696.75%€ 73.3
May 202698.42%€ 73.77
June 202698.85%€ 73.86
July 202684.28%€ 74.41
August 202697.54%€ 75.46


In the next year, in Zanzibar Urban/West Region, the short term rental higher medium price is € 75.46, and the higher medium price looking only at available listings is € 74.91. Instead the lowest medium price is € 65.44 and the lowest medium price of available listings is € 63.51.
Availability of short term rental available properties in Zanzibar Urban/West Region from October 2025 to August 2026 varies between 70.96% and 98.85%.
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 Urban/West Region" area 19.47% of short term rental properties are classified as Entire rental unit, 10.94% are classified as Private room in bed and breakfast, 9.19% are classified as Private room in rental unit, 8.75% are classified as Entire home, 7.44% are classified as Entire condo, 7.22% are classified as Private room in home, 4.6% are classified as Apartment, 3.72% are classified as Bed and breakfast, 2.84% are classified as Entire villa, 2.41% are classified as Room in hotel, 2.19% are classified as Room in boutique hotel, and 21.23% of short term rental properties are classified in minors categories.

Rooms in non exclusive use properties are divided according to the following types: 86.36% are "Private rooms", 0% are "Hotel rooms" and 13.64% are "Shared rooms"
Bedrooms and beds

Of those properties 48.36% have 1 bedroom, 22.32% have 2 bedrooms, 14.88% have 3 bedrooms, 3.72% have 4 bedrooms, 3.5% have bedrooms, and properties having a different number of bedrooms are 7.22%.

Also, the number of beds in each property varies as follows: 8.53% have 0 beds, 39.39% have 1 bed, 24.29% have 2 beds, 15.54% have 3 beds, 3.94% have 4 beds, and all other properties are about 8.31%.

86.43% have beds, 13.57% have Real bed beds, 0% have Others,
Bathrooms

The number of bathrooms for property is distributed as follows: 31.73% have bathrooms, 27.57% have 1.00 bathroom, 16.63% have 2.00 bathrooms, 6.78% have 3.00 bathrooms, 3.72% have 4.00 bathrooms, 9.85% have 5.00 bathrooms, and properties having a different number of bathrooms are 3.72%.

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 Urban/West Region" area's, we have the following segments: 5.47% can accomodate up to 1 guest guests, 3.5% can accomodate up to 16 guests guests, 39.39% can accomodate up to 2 guests guests, 6.13% can accomodate up to 3 guests guests, 25.16% can accomodate up to 4 guests guests, 11.16% can accomodate up to 6 guests guests, 3.94% can accomodate up to 8 guests guests, and 5.25% can accomodate a different number of guests.
Cancellation policies

"Zanzibar Urban/West Region" area's hosts apply cancellation policies for their properties as follows: 54.49% apply Flexible policy, 15.54% apply Firm policy, 13.57% apply Moderate policy, 9.85% apply Flexible policy, and hosts applying different policies are 6.55%.