Editing Paris (section)

===Tourism===
{{Main|Tourism in Paris}}
{{Further|Landmarks in Paris|Historical quarters of Paris|List of tourist attractions in Paris}}
[[File:Visiter_le_Louvre_en_été_!_(4787187477).jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|The [[Louvre]], the [[List of most-visited art museums|most-visited art museum in the world]]]]

As of 2024, Paris was considered the most attractive city in the world 4 years in a row, by the [[Euromonitor]] Global Cities Destination Index. However, by the number of tourists coming from other countries it was only in the 9th place.<ref>{{cite web |title=Euromonitor International reveals world’s Top 100 City Destinations for 2024 |url=https://www.euromonitor.com/press/press-releases/december-2024/euromonitor-international-reveals-worlds-top-100-city-destinations-for-2024 |website=Euromonitor International |access-date=4 April 2025}}</ref>

Tourism continued to recover in the Paris region in 2022, increasing to 44&nbsp;million visitors, an increase of 95&nbsp;percent over 2021, but still 13&nbsp;percent lower than in 2019.<ref name="pro.visitparisregion.com">{{cite web|url=https://pro.visitparisregion.com/chiffres-du-tourisme/conjoncture/bilans/bilan-de-l-annee-touristique-2022-a-paris-ile-de-france-mars-2023 |title=Bilan de l'année touristique 2022 à Paris Île-de-France (mars 2023) |trans-title=Review of the 2022 tourist year in Paris Île-de-France (March 2023) |website=pro.visitparisregion.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325170709/https://pro.visitparisregion.com/chiffres-du-tourisme/conjoncture/bilans/bilan-de-l-annee-touristique-2022-a-paris-ile-de-france-mars-2023|archive-date=25 March 2023 |url-status=live |date=20 March 2023}}</ref>

[[Grand Paris|Greater Paris]], comprising Paris and its three surrounding departments, received a record 38&nbsp;million visitors in 2019, measured by hotel arrivals.<ref name=KeyFigures>{{cite web |url=https://press.parisinfo.com/key-figures |title=Tourism in Paris – Key Figures 2020 |publisher=Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau |website=press.parisinfo.com |access-date=10 September 2021 |archive-date=10 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910112723/https://press.parisinfo.com/key-figures |url-status=dead}}</ref> These included 12.2&nbsp;million French visitors. Of the foreign visitors, the greatest number came from the United States (2.6&nbsp;million), United Kingdom (1.2&nbsp;million), Germany (981&nbsp;thousand) and China (711&nbsp;thousand).<ref name=KeyFigures/>

In 2018, measured by the [[Euromonitor]] Global Cities Destination Index, Paris was the second-busiest airline destination in the world, with 19.10&nbsp;million visitors, behind Bangkok (22.78&nbsp;million) but ahead of London (19.09&nbsp;million).<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosen |first=Eric |title=The World's Most-Visited City Is Bangkok |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericrosen/2019/09/04/the-worlds-most-visited-city-is-bangkok/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=4 September 2019 |access-date=21 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914054101/https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericrosen/2019/09/04/the-worlds-most-visited-city-is-bangkok/ |archive-date=14 September 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, 393,008 workers in Greater Paris, or 12.4&nbsp;percent of the total workforce, were engaged in tourism-related sectors such as hotels, catering, transport and leisure.<ref name=TIP2016/>

Paris' top cultural attractions in 2022 were the [[Louvre Museum]] (7.7&nbsp;million visitors), the [[Eiffel Tower]] (5.8&nbsp;million visitors), the [[Musée d'Orsay]] (3.27&nbsp;million visitors) and the [[Centre Pompidou]] (3&nbsp;million visitors).<ref name="pro.visitparisregion.com" />

In 2019, Greater Paris had 2,056 hotels, including 94 five-star hotels, with a total of 121,646 rooms.<ref name=KeyFigures/> In 2019, in addition to the hotels, Greater Paris had 60,000 homes registered with [[Airbnb]].<ref name=KeyFigures/> Under French law, renters of these units must pay the Paris tourism tax. The company paid the city government 7.3&nbsp;million euros in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vidalon |first=Dominique |date=2017-07-05 |title=hoteliers-welcome-paris-decision-forcing-airbnb-hosts-to-register-rentals-idUSL8N1JW2DD |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/business/hoteliers-welcome-paris-decision-forcing-airbnb-hosts-to-register-rentals-idUSL8N1JW2DD/ |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>Fortune Magazine, 5 July 2017.</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=November 2023}}

A minuscule fraction of foreign visitors suffer from [[Paris syndrome]], when their experiences do not meet expectations.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6197921.stm|title = 'Paris Syndrome' strikes Japanese|work = [[BBC News]]|access-date = 4 November 2009|last = Wyatt|first = Caroline|date = 20 December 2006|archive-date = 31 October 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091031110724/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6197921.stm|url-status = live}}</ref>