Tourism in Paris
Introduction
Paris is the capital of France (Most visited country in the world). It is the largest country in Europe with approximately 65million inhabitants. Founded about 2000years ago, Paris is a modern and vibrant city. It is called the ‘City of Lights’. Paris is the shopping and fashion capital of the world, with Channel, Dior, Vuitton, Yves Saint-Laurent among many other top French fashion brands. The French tradition of good food still prevails in most restaurants across the city. All of this turns Paris into a unique tourist city. This explains why Paris is the most visited city in the world.
With about 42 million tourists per year, Paris is the third most visited city in the world after Orlando and New York City, and the first by international visitors (with about 17 million). The city and its region contain 3,800 historical monuments and four UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The most famous attractions include Notre Dame de Paris, Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Pompidou Centre, Musée d'Orsay, Champs-Élysées, and the Arc de Triomphe.
The Eiffel Tower is unquestionably Paris's most popular attraction. What was originally meant to be a temporary fixture built for the Universal Exhibition of 1889 has since become the symbol of Paris.
Each year round about 70million tourists visit Paris.
The top attractions being: 1. Disneyland – 15million 2. Notre Dame Cathedral – 13.6m 3. Sacre Coeur – 10.5m 4. Eiffel Tower – 7m
We see that Europe has been leading in the number of international tourists since 1950. Major proportion of this statistic has been provided by France. There was not much travel and tourism during the 1950’s because due to lack of technology and travel options and many other such reasons. Travel technology improved and we can see that by the mid 1960-1970’s there was a sudden explosion of international tourist arrivals. France accounted for major proportion of international tourists. France today is
Paris is the capital of France (Most visited country in the world). It is the largest country in Europe with approximately 65million inhabitants. Founded about 2000years ago, Paris is a modern and vibrant city. It is called the ‘City of Lights’. Paris is the shopping and fashion capital of the world, with Channel, Dior, Vuitton, Yves Saint-Laurent among many other top French fashion brands. The French tradition of good food still prevails in most restaurants across the city. All of this turns Paris into a unique tourist city. This explains why Paris is the most visited city in the world.
With about 42 million tourists per year, Paris is the third most visited city in the world after Orlando and New York City, and the first by international visitors (with about 17 million). The city and its region contain 3,800 historical monuments and four UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The most famous attractions include Notre Dame de Paris, Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Pompidou Centre, Musée d'Orsay, Champs-Élysées, and the Arc de Triomphe.
The Eiffel Tower is unquestionably Paris's most popular attraction. What was originally meant to be a temporary fixture built for the Universal Exhibition of 1889 has since become the symbol of Paris.
Each year round about 70million tourists visit Paris.
The top attractions being: 1. Disneyland – 15million 2. Notre Dame Cathedral – 13.6m 3. Sacre Coeur – 10.5m 4. Eiffel Tower – 7m
We see that Europe has been leading in the number of international tourists since 1950. Major proportion of this statistic has been provided by France. There was not much travel and tourism during the 1950’s because due to lack of technology and travel options and many other such reasons. Travel technology improved and we can see that by the mid 1960-1970’s there was a sudden explosion of international tourist arrivals. France accounted for major proportion of international tourists. France today is