Paris vs Zaragoza

Paris and Zaragoza are level on the CIRA Index at 70. Paris grades better on 10 measures, Zaragoza on 7; the same 35 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• CIRA Index: Paris 70, Zaragoza 70
• OECD: Paris 73, Zaragoza 70
• UN Tourism: Paris 72, Zaragoza 80
• UNDRR: Paris 66, Zaragoza 59

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Paris 88, Zaragoza 71
• Economy and jobs: Paris 92, Zaragoza 75
• Climate and hazards: Paris 65, Zaragoza 45
• Water and environment: Paris 63, Zaragoza 100
• Community and housing: Paris 50, Zaragoza 75
• Access and continuity: Paris 75, Zaragoza 70

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.
• Average length of stay: 2.2 nights per visitor (metro figure) (Paris je t'aime - Office de Tourisme de Paris, Chiffres Clés 2024, 2024). Between 2.2 and 2.8: grade 2/4.
• 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.
• Income per head: 86,893 GDP per capita, USD PPP (region figure) (OECD Regional Statistics / OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance, 2022). At or above 60,000: grade 4/4.
• Extreme heat days: 1.8 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.
• 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.
• Rent growth: 4.7 % change in rents over the last 12 months (SeLoger-Meilleurs Agents / Les Échos, Baromètre de l'investissement locatif, July 2025 – July 2026). Between 3 and 6: grade 3/4.
• 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.

Where Zaragoza is stronger

• Flood hazard: medium (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 2/4.
• Water scarcity: very low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 4/4.
• Wastewater safely treated: 99 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza / Interempresas, 2025). At or above 95: grade 4/4.
• Municipal waste per resident: 340 kg per resident per year (Heraldo de Aragón (Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza), 2024). At or below 350: grade 4/4.
• Tourism intensity: 3.1 visitor nights per resident per year (Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza / INE, 2024). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Short-let density: 0.3 short-term rental listings per 100 dwellings (INE via El Diario / Catastro, August 2024). At or below 0.5: grade 4/4.
• Air traffic recovery: 205.7 % of the same 12 months of 2019, airport passengers (Eurostat avia_paoa, 2025-04–2026-03). At or above 110: grade 4/4.

Country context (World Economic Forum)

• France: #5 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026
• Spain: #3 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

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