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

There are 424 short term rentals properties in Zanzibar Urban/West Region
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Hosts

In this area there are 278 unique hosts and 54 Superhosts
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Instant Booking

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

All Zanzibar Urban/West Region listings received 7.277 reviews.

MonthAvailabilityMedium Price
September 202581.84%€ 66.34
October 202586.16%€ 65.42
November 202592.7%€ 67.65
December 202590.37%€ 70.25
January 202693.11%€ 71.48
February 202692.79%€ 70.56
March 202693.36%€ 69.27
April 202695.83%€ 69.85
May 202689.5%€ 68.7
June 202699.71%€ 69.57
July 202699.32%€ 70.81


In the next year, in Zanzibar Urban/West Region, the short term rental higher medium price is € 71.48, and the higher medium price looking only at available listings is € 71.47. Instead the lowest medium price is € 65.42 and the lowest medium price of available listings is € 64.73.
Availability of short term rental available properties in Zanzibar Urban/West Region from September 2025 to July 2026 varies between 81.84% and 99.71%.
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 21.93% of short term rental properties are classified as Entire rental unit, 11.79% are classified as Private room in bed and breakfast, 9.91% are classified as Private room in rental unit, 9.2% are classified as Entire home, 8.02% are classified as Entire condo, 7.78% are classified as Private room in home, 3.3% are classified as Room in hotel, 2.83% are classified as Entire villa, 2.36% are classified as Room in boutique hotel, and 22.88% of short term rental properties are classified in minors categories.

Rooms in non exclusive use properties are divided according to the following types: 93.33% are "Private rooms", 0% are "Hotel rooms" and 6.67% are "Shared rooms"
Bedrooms and beds

Of those properties 45.52% have 1 bedroom, 24.29% have 2 bedrooms, 15.8% have 3 bedrooms, 3.77% have 4 bedrooms, 3.54% have bedrooms, and properties having a different number of bedrooms are 7.08%.

Also, the number of beds in each property varies as follows: 9.2% have 0 beds, 36.08% have 1 bed, 26.89% have 2 beds, 16.51% have 3 beds, 3.77% have 4 beds, and all other properties are about 7.55%.

94.34% have beds, 5.66% have Real bed beds, 0% have Others,
Bathrooms

The number of bathrooms for property is distributed as follows: 34.91% have bathrooms, 24.29% have 1.00 bathroom, 18.16% have 2.00 bathrooms, 7.31% have 3.00 bathrooms, 2.12% have 4.00 bathrooms, 9.67% have 5.00 bathrooms, and properties having a different number of bathrooms are 3.54%.

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: 3.54% can accomodate up to 1 guest guests, 3.77% can accomodate up to 16 guests guests, 38.92% can accomodate up to 2 guests guests, 6.13% can accomodate up to 3 guests guests, 26.89% can accomodate up to 4 guests guests, 2.12% can accomodate up to 5 guests guests, 11.56% can accomodate up to 6 guests guests, 3.77% can accomodate up to 8 guests guests, and 3.3% can accomodate a different number of guests.
Cancellation policies

"Zanzibar Urban/West Region" area's hosts apply cancellation policies for their properties as follows: 59.2% apply Flexible policy, 15.8% apply Moderate policy, 11.08% apply Strict policy, and hosts applying different policies are 13.92%.