Paris hotels dipped 2% as Q2 tourism edged up only 1%
INSEE data shows France's tourism grew just 1% in Q2 2026. Paris dense-urban hotels bucked the trend with a 2% decline, while business tourism posted its first gain since COVID.
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France’s tourism sector grew a modest 1.0% year-on-year in Q2 2026. But Paris-area hotels bucked the national trend with a 2.0% decline, signaling that STR operators in dense urban markets shouldn’t read the national headline as local strength.
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