Tainan

Tainan, Taiwan, scores 69 on the TRAIL Index of tourism resilience, #68 of 310 destinations. 20 of 29 measures come from public sources, with 73% confidence. Every grade below states its value, period and source.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• TRAIL Index: 69
• OECD: 68
• UN Tourism: 67
• UNDRR: 73

Strongest

• Domestic share of nights: 89.1 % of nights by residents of the same country (Tourism Administration, MOTC (via Hotel Guest Nationality Statistics), 2024). At or above 45: grade 4/4.
• Unemployment rate: 3.3 % of the labour force (Tainan City Government Labor Department via Taiwan News, H1 2026). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Extreme heat days: 0.2 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.

Weakest

• Recovery against 2019: 66.2 % of 2019 visitor nights reached in the latest full year (country figure) (Taiwan Tourism Administration, MOTC, '2024 Annual Survey Report on Visitors Expenditure and Trends in Taiwan', 2024). Below 80: grade 0/4.
• Tropical nights: 225.2 nights a year with a minimum at or above 20°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). Above 100: grade 0/4.
• Wastewater safely treated: 66.3 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (National Land Management Agency (NLMA), Ministry of the Interior, ROC (Taiwan) - Table of the Statistics of the Sewage Treatment Rate, 2023). Between 50 and 70: grade 1/4.

Every measure, by theme

Demand and seasonality: 60

• Nights in the three busiest months: not measured yet
• Domestic share of nights: 89.1 % of nights by residents of the same country (Tourism Administration, MOTC (via Hotel Guest Nationality Statistics), 2024). At or above 45: grade 4/4. Source
• Largest foreign market: 17.3 % of international arrivals or nights (country figure) (Ministry of the Interior / Tourism Administration, MOTC (via Taipei Times), 2025). Between 15 and 20: grade 3/4. Source
• Recovery against 2019: 66.2 % of 2019 visitor nights reached in the latest full year (country figure) (Taiwan Tourism Administration, MOTC, '2024 Annual Survey Report on Visitors Expenditure and Trends in Taiwan', 2024). Below 80: grade 0/4. Source
• Average length of stay: 7 nights per visitor (country figure) (Taiwan Tourism Administration, MOTC, '2024 Annual Survey Report on Visitors Expenditure and Trends in Taiwan', 2024). At or above 3.5: grade 4/4. Source
• Hotel bed or room occupancy: 50 % average annual occupancy (Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau (臺南市政府觀光旅遊局), 2024). Between 45 and 55: grade 1/4. Source

Economy and jobs: 100

• Jobs in tourism industries: not measured yet
• Unemployment rate: 3.3 % of the labour force (Tainan City Government Labor Department via Taiwan News, H1 2026). At or below 5: grade 4/4. Source
• Income per head: 80,091 GDP per capita, USD PPP (country figure) (International Monetary Fund / Harvard Growth Lab Atlas of Economic Complexity, 2024). At or above 60,000: grade 4/4. Source
• Economic diversity: not measured yet

Climate and hazards: 50

• Extreme heat days: 0.2 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. Source
• Tropical nights: 225.2 nights a year with a minimum at or above 20°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). Above 100: grade 0/4. Source
• Flood hazard: not measured yet
• Wildfire and storm hazard: not measured yet
• Country disaster risk: not measured yet
• Greenhouse gas emissions per resident: not measured yet

Water and environment: 42

• Water scarcity: not measured yet
• Wastewater safely treated: 66.3 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (National Land Management Agency (NLMA), Ministry of the Interior, ROC (Taiwan) - Table of the Statistics of the Sewage Treatment Rate, 2023). Between 50 and 70: grade 1/4. Source
• Municipal waste per resident: 598.6 kg per resident per year (Environmental Protection Bureau of Tainan City Government, Statistical Yearbook of Environmental Protection Tainan City 2024 (中華民國113年臺南市環境保護統計年報), 2024). Between 550 and 700: grade 1/4. Source
• Green space: 32 % of the urban area that is green or tree-covered (Taiwan Forestry Research Institute / Taipei Times, 2021). Between 30 and 40: grade 3/4. Source
• Energy use per resident: not measured yet

Community and housing: 100

• Tourism intensity: 2.4 visitor nights per resident per year (Tourism Administration, MOTC & Tainan City Government Civil Affairs Bureau, 2024). At or below 5: grade 4/4. Source
• Cruise pressure: not measured yet
• Rent growth: 2.3 % change in rents over the last 12 months (country figure) (Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) / Mirror Media & Sinyi Realty, 2025). At or below 3: grade 4/4. Source
• Short-let density: 0.2 short-term rental listings per 100 dwellings (AirROI (Best Places to Invest in Airbnb in Tainan) and Ministry of the Interior Construction and Planning Agency (Housing Statistics Summary), 2024–2025). At or below 0.5: grade 4/4. Source
• Resident support for tourism: not measured yet

Access and continuity: 75

• Access redundancy: 4 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (Civil Aeronautics Administration & TIPC Port of Anping & Taiwan Railway / THSR, 2024–2026). At or above 4: grade 4/4. Source
• Air traffic recovery: not measured yet
• Rail share of intercity access: not measured yet
• Rail traffic recovery: not measured yet
• Largest airline group share: not measured yet
• Air route concentration: not measured yet
• Early warning and emergency plan: An updated, tested plan that names visitors and tourism operators, with warnings in several languages (National Fire Agency, Ministry of the Interior & Tainan City Government Disaster Prevention Office, 2024–2025). Grade 4/4. Source
• Tourism crisis and recovery plan: A written destination crisis plan (Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau, 2024). Grade 2/4. Source
• Government effectiveness: not measured yet
• Travel advisory: 1 stricter of the US and Canadian government advisory for the country, 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel) (country figure) (US State Department and Government of Canada travel advisories, 2026-09-29). At or below 1: grade 4/4. Source
• Dedicated tourism funding: A promotion budget that depends each year on the general budget (Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau (臺南市政府觀光旅遊局), 2024–2025). Grade 1/4. Source

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