Paris Luxury Hotels Rake in Olympics Tourist Bump


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Paris saw a boost in domestic and international tourism for the the weeks of the Olympics Games. When taking into account the tourists that avoided the city this past summer, growth was flat compared to last year.

Luxury, boutique and other high-end hotels saw the biggest bumps in occupancy during the Olympics, according to data released Tuesday by Paris je t’aime, the city's tourism office.

About 85.5% of high-end hotels in the Greater Paris metropolitan area were occupied between July 23 and August 6, up 16.5 percentage points over 2023. Occupancy overall was also strong during the Olympics: The rate in inner Paris was 84%, up 10.1 percentage points from last year.

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