Nice vs Paris
Paris leads Nice by 8 points on the TRAIL Index, 70 to 62. Nice grades better on 4 measures, Paris on 9; the same 37 measures from public sources for both.
Scores by each organisation's criteria
- TRAIL Index: Nice 62, Paris 70
- OECD: Nice 62, Paris 73
- UN Tourism: Nice 67, Paris 72
- UNDRR: Nice 64, Paris 66
Theme by theme
- Demand and seasonality: Nice 71, Paris 88
- Economy and jobs: Nice 56, Paris 92
- Climate and hazards: Nice 55, Paris 65
- Water and environment: Nice 69, Paris 63
- Community and housing: Nice 42, Paris 50
- Access and continuity: Nice 71, Paris 75
Where Nice is stronger
- Flood hazard: medium (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 2/4.
- Wastewater safely treated: 100 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (metro figure) (Observatoire des services publics d'eau et d'assainissement (Sispea / Eaufrance) - Régie d'assainissement Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, 2022). At or above 95: grade 4/4.
- Green space: 40 % of the urban area that is green or tree-covered (Husqvarna Urban Green Space Index (HUGSI.green), 2025). At or above 40: grade 4/4.
- Access redundancy: 4 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur & Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, 2026). At or above 4: grade 4/4.
Where Paris is stronger
- Nights in the three busiest months: 27.1 % of annual nights (Insee, Number of nights spent at hotels - Total - Paris (Series 010598705), 2025). At or below 30: grade 4/4.
- Recovery against 2019: 110.3 % of 2019 visitor nights reached in the latest full year (Insee, Overnight stays - Total - In hotels - Paris (Series 010607170), 2025). At or above 110: grade 4/4.
- Hotel bed or room occupancy: 80 % average annual occupancy (Coach Omnium / Insee, Panorama de l'hôtellerie parisienne, 2025). At or above 75: grade 4/4.
- Unemployment rate: 5.7 % of the labour force (Insee, Q4 2024). Between 5 and 8: grade 3/4.
- Tropical nights: 2.8 nights a year with a minimum at or above 20°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). At or below 10: grade 4/4.
- Municipal waste per resident: 433 kg per resident per year (Ville de Paris, Rapport annuel sur le prix et la qualité du service public de prévention et de gestion des déchets ménagers et assimilés à Paris, 2023). Between 350 and 450: grade 3/4.
- Short-let density: 3 short-term rental listings per 100 dwellings (AirDNA & Insee / Apur, August 2026). Between 2 and 4: grade 1/4.
- Tourism crisis and recovery plan: A written destination crisis plan (European Travel Commission, Crises in Tourism: Impacts and Lessons from European Destinations, 2024). Grade 2/4.
- Dedicated tourism funding: A dedicated source partly ring-fenced for residents, infrastructure or sustainability (Service-Public France & City of Paris, Changes in 2026 in the tourist tax in Paris, 2025–2026). Grade 3/4.
Country context (World Economic Forum)
- France: #5 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026
- France: #5 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026
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