You can’t sit with us: How locals and tourists compete for amenities in Paris

Vladimir Avetian and Stefan Pauly

Journal of Urban Economics, 2025, vol. 148, issue C

Abstract: Tourism in cities fosters social interactions between people from distant cultures within limited space. But how does the influx of tourists affect locals’ satisfaction with amenities? Using data on restaurant reviews, we construct a panel of tourist presence in Paris. Based on two unanticipated drops in tourism – the November 2015 terrorist attack and the COVID-19 pandemic – we show that tourism reduces Parisians’ satisfaction with restaurants. We find that social frictions, including xenophobia towards tourists, drive our results. As tourist numbers declined, explicit complaints about tourists in reviews decreased, while other complaints remained unaffected. Locals are least satisfied with dining among tourists from countries with weak social ties to France. Tourists are not affected by the presence of other tourists.

Keywords: Amenities; Discrimination; Tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 L83 O18 Z30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2025.103773

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