Tourism in France

Tourism in France is an important activity, both for the French who choose to spend their holidays, and foreigners who come to make a living. Thus, according to figures from the World Tourism Organization, since 1990 France became the first tourist destination in the world (84 million international tourist arrivals in 2014) 1, but remained in third site2 (behind the US3 and Spain4) on revenues from international tourism until 2015, the year that sees down to fourth place behind the China5.

The tourist attraction of France is due to the large number and wide variety of points of interests, diversity of landscapes, the rich historical, cultural and artistic, the temperate climate and the ease of access and 'transport infrastructure, but also by the important equipment in the country and varied accommodation facilities (hotels, amusement parks ...). So every department is a French tourist department with several points of interest.

Tourism has positive economic impacts, but generates significant environmental impacts, in space (flow of transport, energy, waste) and time (immediate and delayed impacts) that seeks to reduce 

and Sustainable Tourism ecotourism.

Economics [edit | modify the code]

The tourism sector is one of the important branches of foreign trade of France to the extent that it contributes to the external balance, to a level that became comparable to the food industry (8.5 billion in 20066) and even higher than that of the automobile in 2006. The balance between spending by foreign tourists in France and those of French tourists abroad, exudes a positive balance of € 11.4 billion. This balance has declined, particularly because of the high rate of the euro that greatly adds prices for foreigners outside the eurozone.

Destination France retains the first in the world in 2011, with over 81 million international tourist arrivals, and the 3rd largest in terms of revenue (39.2 billion euros) 7. In 2005 international tourism generated $ 42.3 billion in revenue in France (3rd in the world behind the United States, Spain and ahead of Italy), up 3.4% from 2004.8 However , a tourist in five is in transit in the country, hikers being the majority (114 million tourists 196 million, figures 2007) 9.

In 2003, tourism consumption amounted to 102.4 billion euros, or 6.6% of GDP. A third of this figure is due to foreign tourists. The balance of tourism in the balance of payments accounts for 15 billion euros. It is the first French economic foreign exchange earner. Foreign tourists spent 34.5 billion euros in France, while the French tourists spend 19.5 billion euros abroad (mainly in Spain and Italy).

Foreign tourists, who represent 1/4 of the total, come mainly from neighboring countries, including British Islands (19.4%), Germany (18.6%), the Netherlands (16.4%). The United States, although representing only 3.9% of entries are at the forefront of revenue (15.2%).

Tourism: what type of traveler will you be in 2030?

Followers of simplicity, purists culture ... In the future, travelers will identify less and less by age, gender or origin, but rather according to their aspirations.

This is the result of a survey commissioned by Amadeus, the Spanish specialist in technology solutions for the travel industry. Entitled "Future Traveller Tribes 2030", the study seeks to answer simple questions but crucial: how and why we will travel in 2030? And how will the travel industry set to change?

The study avoids the traditional demographic segmentation and focuses more on the traveler, personality, expectations for industry professionals can prepare for changes in behavior. Amadeus thus identifies six "traveler tribes" who will argue in the next fifteen years:

· The followers of simplicity: they will favor the bundles to avoid having to manage too many details themselves.

· The purists of culture: they will consider the holidays as an opportunity immersion in a foreign culture, even if it must be uncomfortable.

· Researchers capital: they overwhelmingly fieront to other travelers on the internet and follow the recommendations to validate their decisions.

· Travelers reward: they will be for luxury and exclusivity. They aspire to an outstanding experience 'that must be experienced. "

· The passenger duty: first they travel by duty, professional or family among others, with date and destination imposed.

· Ethical travelers: they will plan their trips based on moral considerations, for example by reducing their energy footprint or improving the lives of others.

Projections that are already emerging

For Alexandre Jorre, Marketing and Communication Director of Amadeus France, travelers in search of simplicity are more present in France and in developed countries because "in countries like India for example, the holidays are a precious good, People are hungry for the best use of this time they do not want to have to plan, they consider that part of the journey as anxiety ". He also believes that in 2030 "some of the frustrations experienced by travelers are resolved, such as the use of moblie traveling is inadequate today, dataroaming is very expensive."

To know what tribe you belong to travelers, you can do the survey online by clicking here.

Learn more about http://www.lesechos.fr/23/08/2015/lesechos.fr/021276487418_tourisme---quel-type-de-voyageur-serez-vous-en-2030--.htm#yuFF5IpoKt1sG1vU.99

The ethical charter of the traveler

Atr by association, action for responsible tourism

Two worlds meet every time a person moves from one country to another. Traveler, tourist, discoverer, we are all in turn. But without a doubt, we are always a guest. The countries we visit with so much pleasure are our guests. All the happiness of a trip can rest on this sometimes delicate relationship.

There are many ways to travel, to understand other environments, but inevitably we leave traces on our way. Warm, generous, discreet, dangerous and unalterable sometimes. We learn a little more during new journeys. Each region is different and yet we are often faced with the same questions, doubts, and our own certainties. We wanted to bring together, in one ETHICS CHARTER TRAVELLER what seems most representative behaviors or attitudes encouraged. Learning to discover other cultures without judging them, trust your common sense and keep in mind some tips, all this seems to us the guarantee of a great trip, but also for sustainable development of our planet.

RESPECT IS THE PLEDGE FOR BETTER MEETING

The difference in living standards between the traveler and the people of the host country, where it exists, may be the cause of misunderstandings and abuses. Being hosted in a village or a family is equivalent in some cases to a great sacrifice for the local communities. What is offered to the traveler, as it offers should be measured in local value.

• Donations and gifts are not innocent gestures. They can sometimes take a condescending connotation, contemptuous or moved (eg throwing coins or sweets to children to get rid of it ...). Gifts, gifts and gratuities too large, given the general standard of living of the country visited account destabilize local economic balances. Children who receive money for photos or beg because they are more educated, earn more money than their father: this can create major distortions in family structures (non-respect of the father and former).

• Some gifts can be dangerous when they are distributed at random, including drugs. Hospitals and clinics, where they exist, are often better able to manage them. Similarly, candy and sweets have consequences long after our visit (dental caries).

• Using local hotels rather than hotel chains or foreign state, local transportation, paid services of local communities (guides, cooks, mule drivers, porters, cleaning ...) is often the best way to enable them to benefit directly from money from tourism.

• A camera or just a pair of shoes can be the equivalent of several months or years of salary to the standard of the country visited. The exhibit unceremoniously treat or may be offensive or misunderstood.

• Bargaining is culturally part of the commercial tradition of some countries. To refuse is often misunderstood and can contribute to the rising cost of living. However, we must not forget that paltry sums for the visitor may be of great importance for the one who receives them.

• In general, travelers should be wary of the temptation to abuse poor people to sell sacred objects, traditional, or as part of the heritage of the country (unless they are made for the sole purpose of being sold to tourists).

Only remains Footprints The natural space and cultural sites are often the main tourist riches of a country and the primary motivation of travelers who go there. Travellers therefore have vis-à-vis the environment of the host country.

• Travelers must avoid to leave behind their waste whatsoever. All means (biodegradable packaging, etc.) to limit waste born tourism should be used. Better limit in his luggage, packages that will be left behind.

• It is best to bring with you non-destructible waste (plastic bags, batteries, etc.) after a trip to a country that does not have waste disposal infrastructure.

• Some wastes (paper, toilet paper, etc.) can be easily burned, although in some cultures, fire is a sacred role, and it may be shocking to use it to destroy waste. It should generally learn about the behavior of local waste management. In some areas, the cans can be, for example, left to local populations that recycle jewelry or utilitarian objects.

• It is better in some areas to use gas or other means to consume little fuel wood for her cooking. If no gas cooking solution is possible, it is better to use dead wood found on the ground. The charcoal is a major consumer of green trees and alive.

• Some fragile ecosystems require compliance with specific precautions: do not leave trails or driving off-road, limiting trampling, do not use means of locomotion engine, etc.

• Observation of the animals shall not alter their natural behavior and disturb their daily lives. It is better to keep a distance that the animals regard as safe and avoid making too much noise.

• Local teams which guide you in animal observation are sometimes ready, for money or for fun, not to follow these rules. While observing an undisturbed animal is ultimately more interesting than that of an animal stressed by your proximity.

• Feeding animals alters their diet and can be dangerous. And monkeys become aggressive and thieves, for example.

• It is recommended not to use tape recorders or other callers to attract and observe wildlife, and not to touch the animals, both for their health than that of human beings.

• Avoid fishing in lakes or seas where certain species are rare or endangered.

• It is important to respect the regulations in natural reserves or parks. Paying tax entries or residence permits conservation and preservation of sites. Require the receipt of these taxes will prevent the diversion of these funds.

• Agreements for the Protection of Species (CITES) - which protect more than 2500 species of animals and 30,000 species of threatened plants - prohibit trade in skins, ivory, shells, corals, shells, as well as the importation of live exotic animals.

• Drinking water is often a scarce commodity to be used sparingly and avoid polluting. Travellers should be preferred whenever possible detergents without phosphates, biodegradable soaps and detergents, do their laundry and toilet downstream homes and away from drinking water sources.

• It is always better to get permission to use the wells or pump of a village and not to wash nearby, even if the residents do.

"THE CULTURAL HISTORY REGISTERED FUTURE GENERATIONS"

The cultural heritage of each country is unique and irreplaceable. It requires special care and skilled care, and a preventive action against the risk of damage and destruction. The challenge is not only to preserve this legacy today, for our generation, but also to preserve it for those who follow us.

Among the main causes of degradation of this extremely vulnerable heritage include improper restoration, pollution, bad weather and the impact of tourism. Simple gestures like stroking his hand a marble statue or a fresco, provoke a disaster when they are repeated thousands of times by visitors more or less sophisticated. These sites are unalterable, and it is thought, since they have survived for centuries, they are eternal ... Nothing is less true! When traveling, keep this thought in mind If conservation requires the intervention of specialists, local governments and international institutions (such as UNESCO, ICCROM), it also presupposes a collective effort and awareness individual.

Understanding Tourism: Basic Glossary

This glossary was developed through the work deployed by the international community to define a new conceptual framework for assessing and analyzing the tourism economy, work that lasted almost three years (2005/2007). The consensus that has resulted internationally resulted in the International Recommendations approved by the United Nations, that establish the concepts, definitions, classifications and all basic data and indicators that should be part of any national tourism statistics system.

Tourism is a social phenomenon, cultural and economic which involves moving people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business use or for business. These people are called visitors (and may be tourists or day visitors, residents or non-residents) and tourism relates to their activities, which suppose for some tourism expenditures.

Tourism thus has repercussions on the economy, on the natural and built environment, the local population of the destination and the tourists themselves. Because of these multiple impacts, the range and variety of inputs required to produce these goods and services purchased by visitors, and the range of interested or affected by tourism agents, it should be adopt an integrated approach to development, management and control of tourism. This approach is highly recommended for the formulation and implementation of national and local tourism policies, as well as international agreements or other mechanisms necessary for tourism.

Economic analysis

Tourism generates directly and indirectly an increase in economic activity in the visited places (and beyond), mainly because of the demand for goods and services to be produced and provided.

In the economic analysis of tourism, we must distinguish between the "economic contribution" of tourism, which refers to the direct impact of tourism and is assessable through the CST, and the "economic impact" of tourism, much broader concept which represents the synthesis of the direct, indirect and induced tourism and to be assessed by applying the models.

The economic impact studies aim to quantify the economic benefits, ie net increase in wealth of residents resulting from tourism, measured in monetary terms, in addition to the levels that would exist otherwise.

Tourism Satellite Account (TSA)

The Tourism Satellite Account (described in Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework, 2008 (TSA: RMF 2008)) is, after the International Recommendations 2008 on tourism statistics, the second set of recommendations on statistics Tourism developed based on the System of National Accounts. Both documents are in harmony with each other and provide a conceptual framework for measuring and analyzing tourism as an economic activity.

As an instrument of economic statistical measurement of tourism, the TSA can be considered a set of 10 summary tables, each containing data representing a distinct aspect of economic tourism data: inbound tourism expenditure, domestic tourism, outbound tourism and domestic tourism, production accounts of the tourism industries, gross value added and gross domestic product (GDP) resulting from tourism demand, employment, investment, government consumption, and non-monetary indicators.

Tourism spending

Tourism expenditure refers to the amount paid for the acquisition of consumer goods and services, but also valuable property, for their personal use or offer, for and during tourism trips.

Destination (main destination) for a journey

The main destination of travel is defined as the place visited that is central in the decision to make the trip. See also the main reason for a tourist trip.

Employment in the tourism industries

Employment in the tourism industries can be estimated by performing the counting of persons employed in tourism industries, regardless of their job, the enumeration of persons who have their main job in tourism industries, the enumeration of workstations in tourism industries, or the equivalent expressed in full time jobs.

Usual environment

The usual environment of a person, the key concept of tourism is defined as the geographical area (not necessarily contiguous) within which an individual conducts his regular daily activities.

Rookie (or day visitor)

A visitor (domestic tourism, receiver or transmitter) is called day visitor (or excursionist) if the trip does not include overnight.

Forms of tourism

There are three basic forms of tourism: domestic tourism, inbound tourism and outbound tourism. These three forms can be combined in different ways to provide these additional forms: domestic tourism, domestic tourism and international tourism.

Group travelers

A group of travelers is defined as a set of visitors which together a trip and whose expenditures are pooled.

Industry congresses, meetings, fairs and exhibitions

A business travel and professional reasons can be divided into two categories: "Meetings, conferences, congresses, trade fairs and exhibitions" and "other business and professional reasons."

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and Reed Travel prefer the term "convention industry, meetings, fairs and exhibitions" to the acronym MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and presentations) that does not recognize the industrial nature of these activities.

Tourism industries

Tourism industries (or characteristic tourism activities) refer to activities whose main production is a characteristic product of tourism.

Tourism characteristic products are those that meet at least one of the following conditions:

(a) Tourism expenditure on the product (good or service) should be an important part of total tourism spending (condition relating to the part corresponding to the expenditure / application);

(b) Tourism expenditure on the product should represent a significant share of the supply of the product in the economy (condition relating to the part corresponding to the offer). This condition implies that the supply of a tourism characteristic product would cease to exist in meaningful quantity in the absence of visitors.

List of categories of tourism characteristic products and tourism industries

Products Industries

1. Accommodation services for visitors

 1. Visitor accommodation

2. Food services and beverage consumption 2. Activities of catering and beverage consumption

3. passenger transport services by rail

 3. Passenger transport by railway

4. Road passenger transport services

 4. Road passenger transport

5. passenger transport services by inland waterways

  5. Passenger transport by inland waterways

6. passenger transport services by air

    6. Passenger transport by air

7. Transport Equipment Rental Services

 7. Transport Equipment Rental

8. Travel agencies and other reservation services 8. Activities of travel agencies and other reservation service activities

9. Cultural Services

 9. Cultural Activities

10. Recreational and sporting services

 10. Sports & Recreation

11. Property characteristics of tourism, country-specific characteristics 11. goods Tourism Retail trade, country-specific

12. Services characteristics of tourism in each country 12. Other characteristic tourism activities, specific to each country

Place of usual residence

The place of usual residence is the geographic place where visitors usually resides, and it is defined by the location of its principal place of residence (Principles and Recommendations for the Censuses of Population and Housing, United Nations, by . 2.20 to 2.24).

Vacation home

A holiday home is a secondary dwelling which makes household members are mainly for recreational purposes, for a vacation or any other form of leisure.

MICE

See Industry congresses, meetings, fairs and exhibitions.

Reason (main) a tourist trip

The main reason for a tourist trip is defined as the pattern in the absence of which the trip would not have taken place. Classification of tourism trips according to the main motive of the trip refers to nine categories: this typology helps identify different subsets of visitors (business trips to visitors, transit visitors, etc.). See also Location of a trip.

Reference country

The reference country refers to the country where the assessment is conducted.

It should be noted that in International Recommendations 2008:

(a) The term "country" may be transposed to a different geographical level using the term "place" in its place (for a region, municipality or other sub-national geographic location);

(b) The term "long-term" refers to a period of at least one year and "short term" to a period of less than a year.

country of residence

The country of residence of a household is determined by the main center of economic interest of its members. If a person resides (or will reside) more than a year in one country and has its center of economic interest (where she spends the most time, for example), it is considered a resident of that country.

Tourism Sector

The tourism sector, as envisaged dan CSE, is the set of production units in different industries that provide consumer goods and services demanded by visitors. These industries are called tourism industries because visitor spending are such an important part of their offer that it would cease to exist in meaningful quantity in the absence of visitors.

Outbound tourism

Includes the activities of a resident visitor outside the country of reference, as part of an outbound tourism trip or a domestic tourism trip.

Domestic tourism

Domestic tourism comprises domestic tourism more inbound tourism, or the activities of resident and non-resident visitors within the country of reference as part of the internal or international tourism trips.

Domestic tourism

It includes the activities of a resident visitor within the country of reference, as part of a domestic tourism trip or travel outbound tourism.

International tourism

International tourism comprises inbound tourism plus outbound tourism, that is to say the activities of resident visitors outside the country of reference as part of domestic tourism and outbound tourism trips, and activities of non-visitors residents within the reference country in the inbound tourism travel environment.

National Tourism

The national tourism includes internal tourism plus outbound tourism, that is to say the activities of resident visitors within and outside the country of reference as part of domestic tourism trips or transmitter.

Inbound tourism

Includes the activities of a non-resident visitor within the country of reference, as part of a trip of inbound tourism.

Tourist (or visitor who spends the night)

A visitor (domestic tourism, receiver or transmitter) is described as a tourist (or visitor who spends the night) he spends a night there.

Visit

A trip consists of visits to different places. The term tourism visit refers to a stay in a place visited during a tourism trip.

Visitor

A visitor is someone who made a trip to a destination outside their usual environment for less than one year, and whose main purpose of trip (business, leisure or other personal purpose) other than that of 'gainful employment in the country or place visited. A visitor (domestic tourism, receiver or transmitter) is described as a tourist (or visitor who spends the night) if he spends the night there, and day visitor (or excursionist) otherwise.

Visitor for Business

A visitor is a visitor for business whose main purpose of trip is the business class and professional reasons.

Travel

A trip means the movement of a person from the moment she left her place of habitual residence until his return: it is therefore a return trip. The trips of the visitors are tourist trips.

Travel / Tourism

The trip includes activities for travelers. A traveler is someone who moves between different geographical locations and time for any reason whatsoever. The visitor is a particular type of traveler, so that tourism is a subset of travel.

This appendix contains some key concepts that it defines accordance with the new International Recommendations 2008 on Tourism Statistics (IRTS 2008). While some focus exclusively on the economic assessment of tourism, others (like the key concepts of "visitors" - tourists and excursionists - to "travel", of "usual environment", of "forms of tourism", etc. .) may also apply to other areas of analysis and research.

Google Traduction pour les entreprises :Google Kit du traducteurGadget TraductionOutil d'aide à l'export

tourism

Tourism refers to both a migration, the fact of traveling for pleasure outside his area of ​​daily life, the usual living spaces, and to reside temporarily, but also an economic sector that includes all activities related to the satisfaction of tourists and travel.

If leisure travel seem to exist since ancient times, tourism takes direction from the eighteenth century with the development of the "Grand Tour". In 1803, the term "tourist" appeared in the French language, derived from the English word tourist appeared in 1800 and refers to those travelers who travel to foreign countries, for another purpose that business before returning home. One hundred years later, the League of Nations will give a definition of traveler. The word "tourism" arrives later without covering a precise definition as that given by the Larousse Supplement 1877: "Tourism, usual tourist". Its definition is refined from 1960 In 2000, four international organizations give a common definition to the term. "The" tourism "includes the activities of people during their trips to and staying in places outside their usual environment for a consecutive period not exceeding one year, for recreation, for business and other reasons not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited. "1.

Between the art of being a tourist and become a major business sector, tourism covers various representations of both the number of actors involved, the practices - the forms are numerous amenities such as health tourism, related to the mountain, seaside, sports, culture (heritage), the environment (landscapes), etc. - Or places where recreation is implanted. It adapts with the changing modes of transportation, the development of hotels and restaurants, using the different infrastructures of the regions or creating the structures necessary for its development (resorts). Since the 1990s and environmental awareness, a new form of tourism respectful of the environment is growing, particularly through sustainable tourism.

The development of this industry is truly to be linked with the tourist practice of the middle class in Western countries (Europe and North America). This is the general improvement in living standards that allowed people to spend more on leisure activities, including tourism.