How Many Tourists Visit Paris Each Year? (2026 Paris Tourism Statistics)

Millions of tourists visit Paris every year, making it one of the most visited cities in the world.

Recent data shows the city's tourism is growing, with international visitors and spending both setting new records over the past few years.

Below, we explore the key stats and figures in further detail:

• ▸Top Paris Tourism Statistics
• ▸How Many Tourists Visit Paris Each Year?
• ▸Where Do Visitors to Paris Come From?
• ▸How Much Do Tourists Spend in Paris?
• ▸How Long Do Visitors Stay in Paris?
• ▸What Are the Most Visited Attractions in Paris?
• ▸When Is Paris Busiest?
• ▸How Do Tourists Get to Paris?
• ▸How Does Paris Rank Among the World's Most Visited Cities?
• ▸Where Do Tourists Stay in Paris?

Top Paris Tourism Statistics

• ▸Paris received approximately 49.1 million visitors in 2025.
• ▸International arrivals in Paris reached a record 23.2 million in 2025.
• ▸Tourists spent a record $25.5 billion USD (€23.6 billion) in the Paris Region in 2025.
• ▸The United States is the #1 origin country with 2.8 million visitors in 2025.
• ▸Paris airports handled 107 million passengers in 2025.

How Many Tourists Visit Paris Each Year?

According to recent data, Paris receives 49.1 million visitors per year. The 2025 total is one of its highest on record, though still roughly 3% below the 2019 pre-pandemic peak of roughly 50.6 million.

International tourism has fully recovered and set a new record. The 23.2 million foreign arrivals in 2025 came in 4% above the 2019 pre-pandemic level. International now drives nearly two-thirds of all tourist spending.

Domestic French tourism is the lagging half, with 25.9 million arrivals in 2025. This is still well below 2019 levels of 28.4 million.

Here’s a look at total visitors in Paris between 2019 and 2025:

Two events impacted the recent numbers.

First, the 2024 Olympics actually dampened conventional tourism, with regular visitors avoiding the crowds and elevated prices.

Second, the December 2024 reopening of Notre-Dame then became the defining draw of 2025, pulling roughly 11 million visitors in its first year back.

Sources: Choose Paris Region, L'Écho Touristique, franceinfo/AFP

How many tourists are visiting Paris in 2026?

Groupe ADP handled 51.6 million Paris passengers in the first half of 2026, up just 0.5%, and cut its full-year 2026 traffic growth forecast to around 0.5%. Middle East airspace disruptions and reduced flight programs are the likely cause.

Many attractions in Paris are why tourists visit. But this can also cause the number of visitors to decline. For instance, the Centre Pompidou, which drew around 4 million visitors per year, closed in September 2025 for a five-year renovation and will not reopen until 2030.

Sources: Groupe ADP

Where Do Visitors to Paris Come From?

The United States sent 2.8 million tourists to Paris in 2025, more than any other country. The UK follows at 2.5 million and Italy at 1.6 million.

In total, the top five countries accounted for 9.8 million arrivals.

The fastest growth is coming from long-haul markets. During summer 2025, Chinese arrivals grew 15% and Canadian arrivals jumped 31% year over year.

Chinese visitation has climbed steadily since autumn 2024, though air capacity between Paris and China remains roughly 35% below pre-COVID levels because of traffic-rights restrictions and Russian airspace closures.

Sources: Choose Paris Region, Choose Paris Region 2

How Much Do Tourists Spend in Paris?

Visitors spent a record $25.5 billion (€23.6 billion) in the Paris Region in 2025, up 1% from 2024 and 8% higher than in 2019.

International visitors contributed nearly $17.3 billion (€16 billion) of that total, close to two-thirds, while spending by French visitors fell 6% to $8.6 billion (€8 billion).

Tourism supports more than 500,000 jobs in the Paris region and contributes over 10% of the city's GDP.

Nationally, travel and tourism generated $287.5 billion (€266.2 billion) for the French economy in 2024, about 9.1% of GDP, while supporting 3 million jobs.

Sources: Choose Paris Region, WTTC, Choose Paris Region 2, ETIAS

How Long Do Visitors Stay in Paris?

According to the most recent data, international visitors spend an average of 2.7 nights in Paris, while domestic visitors average 2 nights.

About 75% of visitors come for leisure, with the remaining 25% traveling for business or mixed purposes. Counting nights instead of people, INSEE recorded 48.9 million overnight stays in Paris-region tourist accommodation during the April–September 2025 summer season alone.

That’s an increase of 12% year over year and 5% above the record 2019 summer. The US was the top origin for hotel nights, at 4.6 million.

Sources: Paris Je t'aime, INSEE

What Are the Most Visited Attractions in Paris?

The most visited attraction in the Paris area is Disneyland Paris, which drew 16 million guests across its two parks in 2025.

Among Paris's cultural sites, Notre-Dame drew roughly 11 million visitors in its first full year since the post-fire reopening, while the Louvre attracted 9 million visitors in 2025.

Here’s a look at the most visited attractions in Paris, ranked by annual visitors.

Sources: News Tank Culture, L'Écho Touristique/AFP

When Is Paris Busiest?

July is the peak month for Paris tourism, at roughly 5.2 million overnight stays. The next most popular month for tourism in Paris is August at 4.9 million.

December is the strongest off-summer month at around 4.2 million nights, while January is the quietest month with roughly 2.9 million visitors.

Across the full year, INSEE recorded 89.7 million overnight stays in Paris-region tourist accommodation in 2025. Hotels drew 81% of those stays (72.8 million nights).

Hotel occupancy figures are similar. Paris hotels hit a record 80.1% average occupancy for 2025, up 3.7 points and the city's best year for room fill since 2010.

Sources: INSEE, INSEE 2

How Do Tourists Get to Paris?

Most international visitors arrive by air. Paris airports handled 107.0 million passengers in 2025, up 3.4% year over year and nearly equal to the city’s 2019 record.

Charles de Gaulle (CDG) processed 72.0 million passengers, holding its rank as Europe's second-busiest airport. Orly grew faster at 34.9 million.

Here is a complete breakdown of passenger traffic at Paris airports:

The busiest long-haul route into Paris is New York JFK–CDG, which carried about 1.73 million round-trip passengers over the twelve months through January 2026. That makes it one of the two busiest transatlantic corridors in the world, behind only JFK–London Heathrow.

Capacity keeps growing into 2026. Air France is launching Paris–Las Vegas in April 2026 (its 19th US destination) and will run up to 11 daily flights to New York, doubling Paris–Newark to twice daily from June.

Groupe ADP has also committed €8.4 billion to expand Paris airport capacity by 18 million passengers by 2033.

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Sources: Groupe ADP, Air France, Simple Flying

How Does Paris Rank Among the World's Most Visited Cities?

Paris ranked #1 in Euromonitor's Top 100 City Destinations Index in 2025, its fifth consecutive year at the top. The index considers tourism performance alongside infrastructure, safety, and economic factors rather than just arrival figures.

However, if you look at international arrivals only, Paris ranks ninth globally, with about 18.3 million international trips.

Here’s a look at the top 10 cities ranked by international arrivals in 2025:

Sources: Euromonitor International, BusinessWire

Where Do Tourists Stay in Paris?

Greater Paris has roughly 2,184 hotels and 133,000 hotel rooms.

About 53% of overnight visitors stay in hotels, 34% choose Airbnb or rental apartments, and 13% use other accommodation. Hotel occupancy across Greater Paris averaged 76.8% in summer 2025.

Short-term rentals logged 14.9 million nights in 2025, up 1%, even as regulation tightened. Since January 1, 2025, under France's Le Meur law, primary residences in Paris can be rented short-term for a maximum of 120 days per year with mandatory registration.

Sources: Paris Je t'aime, Choose Paris Region

What's Next for Paris Tourism?

Paris is back to full strength. International arrivals and tourism spending are both at record highs, and the destination has held the world's #1 ranking for five years running.

The next thing to monitor is whether the French capital can hold the momentum. Airport data already points to a flat 2026, and the Centre Pompidou closure plus higher non-EU museum pricing will shape the year ahead.

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