Agra vs Medan
Agra and Medan are level on the AFTER Index at 58. Agra grades better on 8 measures, Medan on 7; the same 35 measures from public sources for both.
Scores by each organisation's criteria
- AFTER Index: Agra 58, Medan 58
- OECD: Agra 55, Medan 51
- UN Tourism: Agra 59, Medan 59
- UNDRR: Agra 41, Medan 41
Theme by theme
- Demand and seasonality: Agra 88, Medan 45
- Economy and jobs: Agra 63, Medan 50
- Climate and hazards: Agra 15, Medan 50
- Water and environment: Agra 44, Medan 50
- Community and housing: Agra 100, Medan 100
- Access and continuity: Agra 50, Medan 54
Where Agra is stronger
- Largest foreign market: 18.1 % of international arrivals or nights (country figure) (Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, India Tourism Data Compendium 2025, 2024). Between 15 and 20: grade 3/4.
- Average length of stay: 18.1 nights per visitor (country figure) (Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, India Tourism Data Compendium 2025, 2024). At or above 3.5: grade 4/4.
- Hotel bed or room occupancy: 70.7 % average annual occupancy (Horwath HTL, India Hotel Market Review 2025, 2025). Between 65 and 75: grade 3/4.
- Jobs in tourism industries: 1.7 % of employment in accommodation and food services (region figure) (Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Annual Report 2023-24, July 2023–June 2024). At or below 8: grade 4/4.
- Unemployment rate: 5.3 % of the labour force (Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India, 'Labour Market Snapshot of Selected Districts' / 'Labour Market Dynamics in Million-plus Cities', 2025). Between 5 and 8: grade 3/4.
- Wastewater safely treated: 76.9 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) / Press Trust of India via ThePrint, 2024). Between 70 and 85: grade 2/4.
- Government effectiveness: 67.5 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). Between 60 and 80: grade 3/4.
- Dedicated tourism funding: A dedicated source partly ring-fenced for residents, infrastructure or sustainability (India Today & UP Tourism, 2024–2026). Grade 3/4.
Where Medan is stronger
- Nights in the three busiest months: 28.5 % of annual nights (country figure) (World Economic Forum, TTDI 2026 (data: UN Tourism by United Nations World Tourism Organization), 2024, 2025 moving average). At or below 30: grade 4/4.
- Income per head: 17,660 GDP per capita, USD PPP (country figure) (World Bank WDI, 2025). Between 15,000 and 30,000: grade 1/4.
- Extreme heat days: 1 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
- Wildfire and storm hazard: low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 3/4.
- Country disaster risk: 4.5 INFORM Risk index, 0–10 (country figure) (INFORM Risk (European Commission JRC), INFORM Risk Mid 2026, 2026). Between 3.5 and 5: grade 2/4.
- Water scarcity: very low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 4/4.
- Access redundancy: 4 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (metro figure) (PT Jasa Marga & PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) / Wikipedia, 2026). At or above 4: grade 4/4.
Country context (World Economic Forum)
- India: #31 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026
- Indonesia: #23 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026
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