Tourism in France (Wikipedia)

Tourism in France
Tourism in France directly contributed 77.7 billion euros to gross

domestic product, 30% of which comes from international visitors and
70% from domestic tourism spending. The total contribution of travel
and tourism represents 9.7% of GDP and supports 2.9 million jobs
(10.9% of employment) in the country.[1] Tourism contributes
significantly to the balance of payments.
France was visited by 85.7 million foreign tourists in 2013, making it the
most popular tourist destination in the world.[2] France ranks fifth in
tourist spending behind the United Kingdom, United States, China and Mont Saint-Michel, Manche
Spain.[3]
France has 37 sites inscribed in the UNESCO's World Heritage List and
features cities of high cultural interest (Paris being the foremost, but also
Toulouse, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Lyon, and others), beaches and seaside
resorts, ski resorts, and rural regions that many enjoy for their beauty and
tranquillity (green tourism). Small and picturesque French villages of
quality heritage (such as Collonges-la-Rouge or Locronan) are promoted
through the associationLes Plus Beaux Villages de France (literally "The
Most Beautiful Villages of France"). The "Remarkable Gardens" label is
a list of the over two hundred gardens classified by the French Ministry
of Culture. This label is intended to protect and promote remarkable
gardens and parks.
Contents
Statistics
Arrivals by country
Number of stays
Tourist attractions Notre-Dame de la Garde, Bouches-du-Rhône
Paris
French Riviera
Provence
Loire Valley
French Alps
Corsica
Notable places
Cities
Villages
Specific attractions
Religious pilgrimage
Theme parks
Palace of Versailles, Yvelines
Most popular sites
Gallery
See also
References
External links
Statistics
Arrivals by country
[4]
Most tourists arriving to France in 2014 came from the following countries or territories:
Number of
Rank Country or territory
tourists
1 EU 68,436,000[5]
2 Switzerland 6,200,000[6]
3 United States 3,169,000[7]
4 China 1,661,000[8]
5 Brazil 1,242,000[9]
6 Canada 1,001,000[10]
7 Japan 784,000[11]
8 Russia 678,000[12]
Number of stays
[13]
Most nights spent in France in 2014 by tourists from following countries:
Number of
Rank Country
nights
1 Germany 86,400,000
2 United Kingdom 79,700,000
3 Belgium 59,500,000
4 Netherlands 43,600,000
5 Italy 42,700,000
6 Spain 34,700,000
7 Switzerland 33,600,000
8 United States 27,600,000
9 Portugal 12,000,000
10 Canada 11,000,000
Tourist attractions
Paris
[14]
Paris, the capital city of France, is the third most visited city in the world.
It has some of the world's largest and renowned museums, including the Louvre,
which is the most visited art museum in the world, but also the Musée d'Orsay
which, like the nearby Musée de l'Orangerie, is mostly devoted to impressionism,
and Centre Georges Pompidou, dedicated to Contemporary art.
Paris hosts some of the world's most recognizable landmarks such as the Eiffel
Tower, which is the most-visited paid monument in the world,[15] the Arc de
Triomphe, the cathedral of Notre-Dame, or the Sacré-Cœur on Montmartre. The Cité
des Sciences et de l'Industrie is the biggest science museum in Europe.[16] Located The Eiffel Tower seen from the Place
in Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, it is at the heart of the Cultural Center of du Trocadéro
Science, Technology and Industry (CCSTI), a center promoting science and science
culture. Near Paris are located the Palace of Versailles, the former palace of the
Kings of France, now a museum, and the medieval village of Provins. Both attractions are protected as UNESCO World Heritage
Sites.
French Riviera
With more than 10 million tourists a year, the French Riviera (French: Côte d'Azur),
in southeastern France, is the second leading tourist destination in the country, after
the Parisian region.[17]
According to the Côte d'Azur Economic Development Agency, it benefits from 300
days of sunshine per year, 115 kilometres (71 mi) of coastline and beaches, 18 golf
courses and 3,000 restaurants.[18] Each year the Côte d'Azur hosts 50% of the
Saint-Tropez on the Côte d'Azur world's superyacht fleet, with 90% of all superyachts visiting the region's coast at
least once in their lifetime.[19]
Main cities on the French Riviera includeNice, Antibes and Cannes; Cap Ferrat is also a popular destination. Cannes hosts the annual
Cannes Film Festival. Tourists also often visit thePort-Cros National Park, east of Toulon, and Monaco, near the Italian border.
Provence
A large part of the Provence, with Marseille as its leading city, is designed as the
2013 European Capital of Culture. Numerous famous natural sites can be found in
the region, as the Gorges du Verdon, the Camargue, the Calanques National Parkand
the typical landscape ofLuberon. Provence hosts dozens of renowned historical sites
like the Pont du Gard, the Arles' Roman Monuments or the Palais des Papes in
Avignon. Several smaller cities also attracts a lot of tourists, like Aix-en-Provence,
La Ciotat or Cassis, on the Mediterranean Sea coastline.
Paysage provençal
Loire Valley
An other major destination are the Châteaux (castles) of the Loire Valley. The
French Revolution saw a number of the great French châteaux destroyed and many ransacked, their treasures stolen. The overnight
impoverishment of many of the deposed nobility, usually after one of its members lost his or her head to the guillotine, saw many
châteaux demolished.
During World War I and World War II, some chateaux were commandeered as military headquarters. Some of these continued to be
used this way after the end of the Second W
orld War.
This World Heritage Site is noteworthy for the quality of its architectural heritage, in
its historic towns such as Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Nantes, Orléans,
Saumur, and Tours, but in particular for its castles, such as the Châteaux d'Amboise,
de Chambord, d'Ussé, de Villandry and Chenonceau, which illustrate to an
exceptional degree the ideals of theFrench Renaissance.
Château de Chenonceau, Loire

French Alps
Valley
The French Alps are the portions of
the Alps mountain range that stand
within France, located in the Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions.
While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as
the Mont Blanc massif, are shared with Switzerland and Italy.
More than 20 skiing resorts make it a popular destination among Europeans in the
winter.
Aiguille du Midi
Corsica
Corsica is the fourth largest island
in the Mediterranean Sea after Sicily, Sardinia and Cyprus. It is a popular attraction
for tourists with both cultural aspects (with its main cities Ajaccio and Bastia and
smaller towns like Porto-Vecchio and Sartène) and geographical features (Parc
naturel régional de Corse).
The Calanques de Piana and Scandola Nature Reserve are listed on the UNESCO
World Heritage List. The island is 183 kilometres (114 miles) long at longest, 83
Corsican landscape kilometres (52 miles) wide at widest, has 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) of coastline,
more than 200 beaches, and is very mountainous, with Monte Cinto as the highest
peak at 2,706 metres (8,878 feet) and around 120 other summits of more than 2,000
metres (6,600 feet).
Mountains comprise two-thirds of the island, forming a single chain. Forests make up 20% of the island.
Notable places
Cities
France has many cities of cultural interest, some of them are classified as "Town of Art and History" by the French Ministry of
Culture. All major cities in France are worth seeing since they all have cultural and historic attributes.
Bordeaux Marseille Toulouse
Lyon Lille Montpellier
Dijon Nice
Tours
Villages
Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (English: "The most beautiful villages of France") is an independent association, created in 1982,
that aims to promote small and picturesque French villages of quality heritage. As of 2008, 152 villages in France have been labelled
as the "Plus Beaux Villages de France".
There are a few criteria before entering the association: the population of the village must not exceed 2,000 inhabitants, there must be
at least 2 protected areas (picturesque or legendary sites, or sites of scientific, artistic or historic interest), and the decision to apply
must be taken by the municipal council.
Beynac-et-Cazenac, Roussillon, Vaucluse Riquewihr, Haut-Rhin Sainte-
Dordogne Enimie,
Lozère
Minerve, Hérault
Specific attractions
Religious pilgrimage
France attracts many religious pilgrims on their way of St. James, or to Lourdes, a town in the Hautes-Pyrénées that hosts a few
million visitors a year. The Taizé Community has become one of the world's most important sites of Christian pilgrimage. Over
100,000 young people from around the world make pilgrimages to Taizé each year for prayer, Bible study, sharing, and communal
work.
Theme parks
Disneyland Paris is France's and Europe's most popular theme park, with 15,405,000 combined visitors to the resort's Disneyland
Park and Walt Disney Studios Park in 2009.[20] The historical theme park Puy du Fou in Vendée is the second most visited park of
France.[21] Other popular theme parks are the Futuroscope of Poitiers, Vulcania in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the Parc Astérix near
Paris.
Most popular sites

[22]
The most popular tourist sites include (visitors per year):
Notre-Dame de Paris (13.6 million) Notre-Dame de la Garde(800,000)[23]

Basilique du Sacré-Coeur(10.5 million) Château de Chambord(711,000)
Louvre Museum (8.5 million) Sainte-Chapelle (683,000)
Eiffel Tower (6.2 million) Metz Cathedral (652,000)[24]
Palace of Versailles (6 million) Bastille of Grenoble (600 000)
Centre Pompidou (3.6 million) Centre Pompidou-Metz(550,000)[24]
Musée d'Orsay (2.9 million) Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg(549,000)
Musée du quai Branly (1.3 million) Puy de Dôme (500,000)
Arc de Triomphe (1.2 million) Musée Picasso (441,000)
Mont Saint-Michel (1 million) Carcassonne (362,000)
Gallery
Strasbourg Cathedral Bonifacio The polychrome roofs of the

Hospices of Beaune
French formal garden of the Biarritz Centre Pompidou-Metz

Château de Villandry
Mercantour National Park Limestone cliffs in Étretat The Pont du Gard, a Roman
vestige
Ski resort in Megève Bora-Bora, French Polynesia The Verdon Gorge is a popular
destination for kayaking
French wine Château des ducs de Bretagne Lascaux
See also
List of museums in France
List of castles in France
List of cathedrals in France
List of basilicas in France
List of medieval bridges in France
List of spa towns in France
List of ski resorts in France
List of World Heritage Sites in France
National parks of France
Regional natural parks of France
References
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pdf) (PDF). World Travel & Tourism Council. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
2. "UNWTO Highlights" (http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/pdf/unwto_highlights13_en_lr.pdf) (PDF).
United Nations World Tourism Organization. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
3. Dilorenzo, Sarah (July 20, 2013)."France learns to welcome, to speak 'touriste'" (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/france-
learns-speak-touriste-0). The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. pp. 5A. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
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atistiques/4p-DGE/2015-4p47-donnees-EVE.xlsx)
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2013-09-30.
15. "The Leading Travel Zone Site on the Net"(http://www.travelzones.net/europe/france/eiffel-tower-worlds-most-visited
-paid-monument/). travelzones.net. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
16. Arfin, Ferne (11 January 2009)."France: Insider's guide to Paris"(https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/eur
ope/france/4177043/France-Insiders-guide-to-Paris.html) . The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
17. "The French Riviera Tourist Board" (http://www.frenchriviera-tourism.com/regional-tourism-organization/the-french-riv
iera-tourist-board-06_191.html). Frenchriviera-tourism.com. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
18. Côte d'Azur Economic Development Agency
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te_d_Azur_FR_Version_sept_07.pdf)
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, p. 66 (http://www.crdp-nice.net/dp/IMG/pdf/Kit_Info_Cote_d_Azur_FR_
Version_sept_07.pdf)
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0/http://www.themeit.com/etea/2009report.pdf) (PDF). Themed Entertainment Association. Archived fromthe original
(http://www.themeit.com/etea/2009report.pdf)(PDF) on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
21. "Weekend Breaks: the Vendée's Puy du Fou < Travel & Tourism | Expatica France"(http://www.expatica.com/fr/leisur
e/travel_tourism/weekend-breaks-the-vendes-puy-du-fou-39717.html). Expatica.com. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
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23. "Les chiffres clés du tourisme dans les Bouches-du-Rhône - Tourisme- Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône –
Cg13 Marseille" (http://www.cg13.fr/tourisme/les-chiffres-cles-du-tourisme-dans-les-bouches-du-rhone/?P=1&cHash
=b61be2b039a151d14d70149ea7b3f153). Cg13.fr. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
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oselle/PDF/chiffres-cles-2011.pdf) (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 31 January 2012.
External links
France travel and tourismat Curlie (based on DMOZ)
French Government Tourist Office
About-France.com - Tourism and general information about France,
France Tourist Information
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Tourism in France directly contributed 77.7 billion euros to gross

3 United States 3,169,000[7]

2 United Kingdom 79,700,000

8 United States 27,600,000

Château de Chenonceau, Loire

Lyon Lille Montpellier

Most popular sites

Notre-Dame de Paris (13.6 million) Notre-Dame de la Garde(800,000)[23]

Strasbourg Cathedral Bonifacio The polychrome roofs of the

French formal garden of the Biarritz Centre Pompidou-Metz

French wine Château des ducs de Bretagne Lascaux

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