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Monday, October 12, 2015

France continues to be the country attract many tourists in the world

With 83.7 million visitors, France continues to be a favorite spot to visit in the world in the last year, especially for Asian travelers. This is preliminary data recently the French Foreign Ministry announced.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius stressed this achievement was partly thanks to the policy of "visa for 48 hours."

Mr. Fabius notice the number of visitors from far away to France has increased to 8.7%, particularly visitors from Asia (over 16%).


Guests lined up at the Louvre, Paris, France. (Photo: AFP)

In 2014, the number of visas issued to travelers France China has increased by 61%. In the first two months of 2015, the issuance of visas for Indian tourists also increased by 38% and China increased by 65%.

In the future, the French government will adopt additional measures to promote tourism as for the particular highway linking Paris to the airport, to encourage transport discounts or allow some business center open on Sundays or evenings in some areas.

In March last, World Tourism Organization has also announced interim data on tourist arrivals worldwide in the first eight months of last year.

Results showed that France continues to lead the world in attracting tourists, followed by the US, Spain and China .... Thailand is also present in the last position in the group of 10 countries to attract more world traveler. /.
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