The newspaper Le Parisien this Thursday (17) reveals the result of a survey made with foreign tourists, a year after the success of the Olympic and Paralympic games in the French capital. A slight drop in satisfaction compared to Paris has been recorded among visitors who come from abroad.
The newspaper Le Parisien This Thursday (17) reveals the result of a survey on foreign tourists, a year after the success of the Olympic and Paralympic games in the French capital. A slight drop in satisfaction compared to Paris has been recorded among visitors who come from abroad.
For the Le Parisien, The Olympic games have transformed the French capital into a model, but the city reputation is no longer the same, especially as regards cleaning and safety. The Parisian summer of 2024 was marked by a rare climate in France, evaluates the diary, which recalls “the smiles around the corner”, the unpublished presence of the police and the excitement that invited the city that welcomed the athletes from the four corners of the planet.
But a year later, the scenario is different, says the publication. The worst note concerns cleaning – or his lack – on the streets of Paris: an average of 6.46 out of a total of 10 of the tourists listened to for research. The evaluation has been decreasing since 2024, when Paris has been evaluated with 7.03 out of 10. This is, in fact, the main complaint of foreign visitors: the garbage and the smell of the urine on the streets.
Another negative point perceived by those who arrive for a walk in Paris is security, which has lost a point compared to last year, with the note from 8.6 to 7.6 out of 10. Le Parisien He underlines that the large complaint of tourists are the scouts of the portfolio, the “handbags”, who have become known on social networks.
In an interview with the newspaper, foreign travelers say that to avoid attracting attention to these gangs that work close to visions, avoid leaving goods such as jewels and cell phones on display. However, concern often ruins the mood of the tours.
Bad-humor of the Parisians
The sympathy of the Parisians – which has never been a strong point in the capital – also records a drop from 8.17 of 2024 to 7.27 this year. The great complaint of tourists concerns the mood of the residents of Paris, who, according to those interviewed by the newspaper, rarely smile and do not try to understand foreign languages or accents.
On the other hand, the famous beauty of the city, its varied and intense cultural agenda and the new green and natural spaces, please visitors and help to strengthen the degree of this question compared to 2024. Two of the great successes underlined by tourists are the opening of the Sena river.
The report in the newspapers highlights the general note of Paris as a final result, which in the same research conducted by Le Parisien In 2024, it dropped from 8.18 to 7.94 in 2025.
Source: Terra

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