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Tourism in France. Tourism in France directly contributed 79.8 billion euros to gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013, 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]
Château Villette - a château built in the 18th century. Parc de Sceaux - a 17th-century park located near the Château de Sceaux (Sceaux Castle). La Défense - The largest business district in Europe. Cathédrale Saint-Maclou de Pontoise - Roman Catholic cathedral located in the town of Pontoise, on the outskirts of Paris.
Properties on the World Heritage List. A series of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps. transboundary property, shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, 11 of the total 111 sites are in France. An outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns and villages ...
2,244 km2 (866 sq mi) 20 February 1989. Guiana Amazonian Park. (Parc amazonien de Guyane) French Guiana (overseas department) 20,236 km2 (7,813 sq mi) 13,615 km2 (5,257 sq mi) 27 February 2007. Mercantour National Park.
Tourism in Paris is a major income source. Paris received 12.6 million visitors in 2020, measured by hotel stays, a drop of 73 percent from 2019, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of foreign visitors declined by 80.7 percent. [1] Museums re-opened in 2021, with limitations on the number of visitors at a time and a requirement that ...
This category has the following 41 subcategories, out of 41 total. Tourist attractions in France by city (26 C) Tourist attractions in France by department (98 C) Tourist attractions in France by region (20 C)
European beaver. Red squirrel. Alpine marmot. Garden dormouse. European water vole. Common vole. Yellow-necked mouse. Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing.
In 2005, the city received 19.5 million global visitors, up of 22.1% from 2001. [4] The 5 most visited places in Rome are: #1 Pantheon (8 million tourists a year), #2 The Colosseum (7.036.104 tourists a year), #3 Trevi Fountain (3.5 million tourists a year), #4 Sistine Chapel (3 million tourists a year) and #5 The Roman Forum (2.5 million ...