Travel and Tourism - France - February 2012

FRANCE: KEY FACTS
INTRODUCTION
DATA SOURCES
BACKGROUND
 HISTORY
 GEOGRAPHY
ATTRACTIONS
 PARIS
 THE REGIONS
Normandy
Brittany
The Loire Valley
Provence
TOURISM AND THE ECONOMY
 TOURISM REVENUES
Figure 1: International tourism revenues, expenditures and tourism balance, 2006-10
 THE OVERALL TOURISM INDUSTRY
Figure 2: Domestic and international tourism revenues, 2006-10
 THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM ECONOMY
Figure 3: Travel and tourism economy showing direct and indirect impact on employment and GDP, 2006-10
ARRIVALS
 INTERNATIONAL
The most popular destination in the world
Figure 4: Top 10 destinations for international tourist arrivals, 2007-10
Source countries for international arrivals
Figure 5: International tourist arrivals, by country/region of residence, 2007-10
 DOMESTIC
Figure 6: Domestic spending on business and leisure travel, 2006-10
MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
 INTERNATIONAL
Purpose of visit
Seasonality
Length of stay
 DOMESTIC
Purpose of visit
Seasonality
Length of stay
TRANSPORT
 AIR
Figure 7: Passenger traffic at Paris CDG and Orly airports, 2006-10
Figure 8: Major regional airports handling over 5 million passengers annually, 2006-10
 ROAD
 RAIL
 SEA
ACCOMMODATION
 TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE
Figure 9: Capital investment in tourism and travel, 2006-10
 PARIS ACCOMMODATION
 NEW HOTEL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
 CONVENTIONS AND MICE MARKET
TOURISM NEWS
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