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Alamy While France boasts an extremely low violent crime rate, with less than 3 murders per 100,000 inhabitants per year (less than half that of the United States), several areas still present a ...
Tourists won’t be allowed to watch the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics for free as initially promised, the French government announced Tuesday, as it grapples with security concerns about ...
Idealization of Paris The syndrome is also due to the gap observed between the idealized vision of Paris nurtured at home, and the actual reality of Paris. The city is often portrayed as an idyllic place of beauty, love and luxury goods. The reality is often different, and more similar to modern Japan than tourists might expect. Exhaustion
The term for tourists unenamoured with the city of love and light is gaining traction on social media
Though France's homicide rate fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to decrease through 2020 - 2024 period ending at 6.96 cases per 100,000 population in 2020 and 6.9 cases per 100,000 in 2021 and 6.62 cases per 100,000 in 2022 and 6.5 cases per 100,000 in 2023 and 6.31 cases per 100,000 in 2024 [1]
An example is the city of Paris: when old buildings were destroyed, only office and high-rent apartment buildings were constructed in their place, preventing the poor from settling in those neighborhoods. Most were forced to live in the northern suburbs (chiefly in the Seine-Saint-Denis and Val d'oise departments).
Here are the five most common missteps I notice when tourists visit Paris. Staying near the Eiffel Tower can be pricey. People travel from all over the world to see the Eiffel Tower.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games were set to be the hottest on record, an increase on the previous Games in Tokyo, during which athletes had already expressed health concerns. In June 2024, a report titled "Rings of Fire: Heat Risks at the 2024 Paris Olympics" documented concerns, and the IOC proposed mitigation measures.