Alicante vs Chișinău

Alicante and Chișinău are level on the CIRA Index at 57. Alicante grades better on 9 measures, Chișinău on 8; the same 35 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• CIRA Index: Alicante 57, Chișinău 57
• OECD: Alicante 59, Chișinău 56
• UN Tourism: Alicante 57, Chișinău 60
• UNDRR: Alicante 60, Chișinău 48

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Alicante 70, Chișinău 65
• Economy and jobs: Alicante 75, Chișinău 50
• Climate and hazards: Alicante 45, Chișinău 65
• Water and environment: Alicante 42, Chișinău 75
• Community and housing: Alicante 50, Chișinău 38
• Access and continuity: Alicante 66, Chișinău 38

Where Alicante is stronger

• Largest foreign market: 21.5 % of international arrivals or nights (INE, foreign tourists by municipality and country of residence (mobile-phone positioning, table 52048), 2025). Between 20 and 30: grade 2/4.
• Hotel bed or room occupancy: 79 % average annual occupancy (Ayuntamiento de Alicante / Patronato Municipal de Turismo Alicante City&Beach and APHA, 2025). At or above 75: grade 4/4.
• Income per head: 59,868 GDP per capita, USD PPP (country figure) (World Bank WDI, 2025). Between 45,000 and 60,000: grade 3/4.
• Country disaster risk: 2.5 INFORM Risk index, 0–10 (country figure) (INFORM Risk (European Commission JRC), INFORM Risk Mid 2026, 2026). Between 2 and 3.5: grade 3/4.
• Rent growth: 7.3 % change in rents over the last 12 months (Idealista, Informe de precios de alquiler en Comunitat Valenciana, August 2025 – August 2026). Between 6 and 10: grade 2/4.
• Access redundancy: 4 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (Alicante Turismo - ALICANTE City & Beach, 'How to Get to Alicante', 2026). At or above 4: grade 4/4.
• Early warning and emergency plan: An updated city plan with public early warning for heat, flood or fire (Ayuntamiento de Alicante, Protección Civil y Gestión de Emergencias, 2026). Grade 3/4.
• Tourism crisis and recovery plan: A written destination crisis plan (Patronato de Turismo Alicante City&Beach, 'Plan Estratégico Alicante como Destino Turístico Sostenible 2023-2027', 2023–2027). Grade 2/4.
• Government effectiveness: 83 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). At or above 80: grade 4/4.

Where Chișinău is stronger

• Domestic share of nights: 65.9 % of nights by residents of the same country (country figure) (Biroul Național de Statistică al Republicii Moldova, Frecventarea structurilor de primire turistică cu funcțiuni de cazare în anul 2025, 2025). At or above 45: grade 4/4.
• Average length of stay: 4.1 nights per visitor (country figure) (National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova (Biroul Național de Statistică), reported via SeeNews / Radio Moldova, 2025). At or above 3.5: grade 4/4.
• Unemployment rate: 7.3 % of the labour force (country figure) (National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova (BNS), Labour Force Survey, Q2 2026). Between 5 and 8: grade 3/4.
• Tropical nights: 17.6 nights a year with a minimum at or above 20°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). Between 10 and 30: grade 3/4.
• Flood hazard: low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 3/4.
• Wastewater safely treated: 100 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (metro figure) (Logos Press (citing National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova), 2024). At or above 95: grade 4/4.
• Municipal waste per resident: 511 kg per resident per year (Ministry of Environment / Government of the Republic of Moldova, Ghid metodologic de elaborare a Programelor locale de gestionare a deșeurilor (PLGD), 2023). Between 450 and 550: grade 2/4.
• Short-let density: 0.6 short-term rental listings per 100 dwellings (metro figure) (Biroul Național de Statistică al Republicii Moldova & AirROI, 2026). Between 0.5 and 1: grade 3/4.

Country context (World Economic Forum)

• Spain: #3 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

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