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WizardTrip study updated on 23 October 2026: 5,853 activities analysed

The price of travel activities: the most and least expensive cities in the world

How much does a tour, an excursion or an activity cost depending on the city you visit? WizardTrip compared the prices of 5,853 activities offered in 38 cities and 15 countries. An activity costs a median of €70, but 5.2 times more in Reykjavik than in Marrakech.

Key figures

€70

Median price of an activity

across 5,853 activities analysed worldwide

€129

Reykjavik

the most expensive city

€25

Marrakech

the lowest price

×2

Private tour

the price of a group guided tour in the same city

Findings

What the figures show

  • 5.2 times more expensive from one city to another

    An activity costs a median of €129 in Reykjavik, compared with €25 in Marrakech.

  • The most expensive countries: Australia

    An activity there costs a median of €117. At the other end of the scale: Vietnam (€34).

  • Better rated, more expensive: +134%

    Activities rated 4.8/5 or higher cost a median of €73, compared with €31 for those rated below 4.5/5 (activities with at least 50 reviews).

  • The most popular cost less: -15%

    The 10% of activities with the most reviews (at least 3,114) cost a median of €60, compared with €71 for all the others.

  • 33% of activities cost less than €50

    And 5% cost €200 or more.

City ranking

The most and least expensive cities

Median price of an activity, in euros, in the 38 cities with at least 30 activities analysed. The full ranking is in the CSV file.

Full ranking (CSV)
The 15 most expensive cities
#CityMedian priceActivities
1ReykjavikIceland€129.354
2Las VegasUnited States€129.156
3SorrentoItaly€10931
4LondonEngland€95.877
5ParisFrance€9559
6VeniceItaly€94.733
7Cabo San LucasMexico€82.743
8Puerto VallartaMexico€82.232
9San JuanPuerto Rico€80.834
10Mexico CityMexico€79.849
11NaplesItaly€76.138
12KyotoJapan€74.938
13PortoPortugal€74.344
13La FortunaCosta Rica€74.334
15TokyoJapan€74.237
The 15 least expensive cities
#CityMedian priceActivities
1MarrakechMorocco€2545
2Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam€28.440
3BangkokThailand€35.236
4IstanbulTurkey€3939
5AmsterdamNetherlands€39.248
5KrakowPoland€39.230
7HanoiVietnam€40.657
8DubaiUnited Arab Emirates€43.981
9SeoulSouth Korea€45.335
10DubrovnikCroatia€5044
11New OrleansUnited States€54.435
12CancunMexico€56.339
13PragueCzech Republic€56.738
14EdinburghScotland€59.451
15SplitCroatia€6041

Major destinations

The 20 cities with the most activities

Ranked by number of activities analysed, with their median price.

Ranks 1 to 10
#CityMedian priceActivities
1RomeItaly€7190
2DubaiUnited Arab Emirates€43.981
3LondonEngland€95.877
4FlorenceItaly€6867
5ParisFrance€9559
6LisbonPortugal€6359
7HanoiVietnam€40.657
8Las VegasUnited States€129.156
9ReykjavikIceland€129.354
10EdinburghScotland€59.451
Ranks 11 to 20
#CityMedian priceActivities
11BarcelonaSpain€63.750
12Mexico CityMexico€79.849
13AmsterdamNetherlands€39.248
14MarrakechMorocco€2545
15DubrovnikCroatia€5044
16PortoPortugal€74.344
17Cabo San LucasMexico€82.743
18SplitCroatia€6041
19Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam€28.440
20AthensGreece€70.340

Country ranking

The most and least expensive countries

Median price of an activity, in euros, in the 15 countries with at least 100 activities analysed.

The 8 most expensive countries
#CountryMedian priceActivities
1Australia€116.9211
2New Zealand€115.3108
3France€95131
4Canada€90.1139
5United States€80.71,193
5Mexico€80.7272
7Greece€80143
8Italy€79443
The 7 least expensive countries
#CountryMedian priceActivities
1Vietnam€34.4176
2Croatia€51.1117
3Portugal€54.9197
4Spain€63253
5England€66.7145
6Japan€69.1131
7Costa Rica€77.9107

Activity types

What each type of activity costs

Median price, in euros, of the types with at least 50 activities analysed. An activity can belong to several types.

Most expensive
Activity typeMedian priceActivities
Flights & hot-air balloons€205115
Wine tours€104198
Nature & wildlife€90.4554
For families€90.499
Day trips€90497
Sports & adventure€80.71,001
Food tours€80266
Water sports€79.8351
Food & Drink€75701
Romantic€69.894
Least expensive
Activity typeMedian priceActivities
Cruises€66.8525
Guided tours€662,945
Workshops & classes€59195
Cooking classes€59132
Bike tours€53.5120
Culture & History€50492
Bus tours€49.863
Shows & Entertainment€47.181
Walking tours€32.7324
Ghost tours€27.261

Private tour: 2 times the price of a group tour

In the 4 cities offering at least 10 private guided tours and as many group tours, a private tour costs a median of 2 times the price of a group tour. The price shown for a private tour is often for the whole group.

CityPrivateGroup
Athens€142€63.9
Lisbon€114.8€67
Tokyo€126.7€74.9
Rome€184€74

Method

How the figures were calculated

Source
The 6,975 activity listings published on WizardTrip, offered by Viator, a Tripadvisor company, collected from 16 October 2026 to 19 October 2026.
Updates
The study is recalculated every night from the listings published on WizardTrip; latest calculation on 23 October 2026. The rankings grow as new listings go online.
Prices
The “from” price shown for each activity, converted into euros at the exchange rate of 23 October 2026 (26 currencies).
Activities included
5,853 activities. Excluded: private tours (979), whose price is often for a whole group, multi-day tours (143) and activities with no price or no longer available (0).
Calculation
For each city, country and type, the median price: half of the activities cost less, the other half more. Unlike the average, the median is not skewed by a few very expensive activities.
Thresholds
A city is ranked from 30 activities analysed, a country from 100, a type from 50. Only actual cities are ranked: islands, regions, lakes and natural sites are left out of the city ranking but count towards their country.
Reliability
A comparison (private tour, skip-the-line) is only published if at least two thirds of the cities or comparisons point in the same direction as the median gap; skip-the-line also requires at least 10 comparisons. Otherwise it is hidden until there is enough data.
Limitations
Prices are those shown on a given date: they vary with the season, the day chosen and the number of participants. The same price may cover different durations and services.

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Source: WizardTrip, “The price of travel activities”, 23 October 2026, https://wizardtrip.com/en/presse/prix-des-activites

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