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There's a lot on this site — three daily editions, guides, a rate index, a cost index, a rules tracker, a connectivity tracker, competitive-destination data, and a public forecast record. This page is the two-minute version: what to look at first, based on what you actually do.

← Back to the Pulse

Pick your role

City hotel owner or GM

Corporate and MICE demand, connectivity, business travel sentiment, rate discipline through advisory and political cycles.

Today's edition → Travel advisory board → Guide: reading a travel advisory →

Safari lodge or camp owner

Park fees, permits, migration timing, source-market wealth shifts, air access to strips — the levers specific to bush.

Rules, fees & levies tracker → Guide: park & permit fees → Connectivity tracker →

Beach resort owner or GM

Charter route decisions, seasonality, Indian Ocean competition, and the branded-supply wave reshaping Zanzibar and the coast.

Competitive destinations → EA Pulse Rate Index → Search editions for "Zanzibar" →

Tour operator or DMC

What moves a client's itinerary, quoting economics, and the distribution costs most agents never see broken down.

Guide: what an OTA booking really costs → Channel cost calculator (free tool) → Cost-side index →

Or, in order, if you'd rather just follow the steps

  1. Read one edition. Click "Today's edition" above, or open any card in the archive — no signup needed to read.
  2. Subscribe on whichever platform you'll actually check. Telegram gets the full edition; WhatsApp gets a 15-second skim; LinkedIn gets a longer analytical piece most evenings.
  3. Bookmark the tool that matches your property type from the list above — that's the one you'll open again.
  4. Skim the Methodology page once, so you know what "Confirmed", "Reported" and "unconfident" mean when you see them.
  5. Check the track record occasionally — it's the part of the site built to be checked, not just read.
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