France kept its position as the world's top tourist destination in 2012, with 83 million foreign visitors, and continued to host an increasing number of Asian travellers, official figures showed Tuesday.
"With a new record number of arrivals by foreign tourists... France in 2012 retained its first place in the world," France's DGCIS international competitiveness agency said in its annual report on tourism.
The figure beat the previous record of 81.4 million foreign visitors in 2011.
"The economic and political problems that are affecting many parts of the world continue to spare the tourism sector," the report said, noting that the number of global tourists was up four percent in 2012.
In France, Europeans continued to make up the bulk of visitors last year, accounting for more than 83 percent of tourists. Full story...
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"With a new record number of arrivals by foreign tourists... France in 2012 retained its first place in the world," France's DGCIS international competitiveness agency said in its annual report on tourism.
The figure beat the previous record of 81.4 million foreign visitors in 2011.
"The economic and political problems that are affecting many parts of the world continue to spare the tourism sector," the report said, noting that the number of global tourists was up four percent in 2012.
In France, Europeans continued to make up the bulk of visitors last year, accounting for more than 83 percent of tourists. Full story...
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