Tainan vs Taipei

Tainan leads Taipei by 5 points on the CIRA Index, 69 to 64. Tainan grades better on 7 measures, Taipei on 3; the same 35 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• CIRA Index: Tainan 69, Taipei 64
• OECD: Tainan 68, Taipei 60
• UN Tourism: Tainan 67, Taipei 65
• UNDRR: Tainan 73, Taipei 51

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Tainan 60, Taipei 60
• Economy and jobs: Tainan 100, Taipei 83
• Climate and hazards: Tainan 50, Taipei 25
• Water and environment: Tainan 42, Taipei 63
• Community and housing: Tainan 100, Taipei 92
• Access and continuity: Tainan 75, Taipei 60

Where Tainan is stronger

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Tourism crisis and recovery plan: A written destination crisis plan (Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau, 2024). Grade 2/4.

Where Taipei is stronger

• Hotel bed or room occupancy: 70 % average annual occupancy (Taipei City Government Department of Information and Tourism, 2025). Between 65 and 75: grade 3/4.
• Wastewater safely treated: 90.1 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (National Land Management Agency, Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan), The Table of the Statistics of the Sewage Treatment Rate, 2024). Between 85 and 95: grade 3/4.
• Municipal waste per resident: 423.8 kg per resident per year (National Audit Office & Ministry of Environment (Taiwan), Audit Report on Local Government Accounts, 2024). Between 350 and 450: grade 3/4.

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