Table of Contents
France
Introduction
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- Political organisation
- Economic growth
- Strong domestic tourism
- Data sources
- Economic significance of tourism
Arrivals
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- Top destination around the world
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- Figure 1: International tourist arrivals, 1990-2002
- Slower growth of revenues
- International arrivals
- Europe
- UK and Germany
- Benelux
- Southern Europe
- Central/Eastern Europe
- Long-haul
- The Americas
- Asia
- Middle East/Africa
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- Figure 2: International arrivals from main markets to France, 2000 and 2001
Accommodation and Overnights
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- A good quality accommodation
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- Figure 3: Accommodation capacity in January 2002
- Ile de France at the top for hotel capacity
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- Figure 4: Recorded arrivals and overnights in classified hotels by region, 2001
- Hotels result in 2002
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- Figure 5: Annual results of chain hotels at end December 2002
- Overnights and average stay
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- Figure 6: Top ten foreign markets in terms of overnights from 1999-2001
- French domestic travels
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- Figure 7: Geographical breakdown of stays and overnights for French tourists, 2000-01
- Impact of the 35-hour working week
Transport
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- High speed train development
- Road network
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- Figure 8: Network density and traffic, 1998
- Difficult times for French airports
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- Figure 9: French airport passenger traffic in 2002 – excluding transit
- Low-cost airlines impact on French airports
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- Figure 10: Market share of low-cost airlines in France, 2002
Tourism Strategies
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- Balancing tourism flows
- Quality through tourism labels
- Health tourism
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- Figure 11: Number of visitors to the five largest spa and thermal regions in France
- Maison de la France role and budget
Conclusion
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