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.
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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%).
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