MAIN FOREIGN VISITORS
|
Main Foreign Visitors Share of |
ARRIVALS |
OVERNIGHT STAY |
SPENDING |
|
UK
and IRL |
19.7% |
18.7% |
15.5% |
|
Germany |
17.4% |
17.6% |
11.2% |
|
Netherland |
15.3% |
12.9% |
5.4% |
|
Belgium / Benelux |
11.8% |
11.6% |
9.9% |
|
Italy |
9.5% |
8.6% |
7.4% |
|
Spain |
4.2% |
3.7% |
4.8% |
|
Switzerland |
4.0% |
3.4% |
9.0% |
|
USA |
3.6% |
4.9% |
13.4% |
|
Japan |
0.9% |
0.7% |
2.0% |
INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS BY LENGTH OF TIME
76M of which 37M for long stay
the 76M arrivals
in France only include "tourist arrivals i.e. they include at least
one overnight stay. In addition to these 76M, a further 107M
visitors come to France on very short stays without staying
overnight
PRESENCE in the territory
On
any given day, there are between 600,000 (December) and 4,000,000
(August) tourist in France. The daily average over the year is
1,600,000
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TOURISM IN THE WORLD FROM 2005
DEFINITION OF A TOURIST (International standards)
A
tourist is any person on a trip outside of his/her usual
surroundings for a period of at least one night and for reasons that
are not related to paid activity in the visited location. The
arrival of international tourist in a given country refers to any
visit of a person who is not resident in the country and who will
make at least one overnight stay. For example, a US tourist visiting
EU will be counted each time he/she enters on of the countries in EU.
A UK tourist visiting Florida, New York and California will only be
counted once on his /her entry into the US.
INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS
|
DESTINATION |
ARRIVAL in 2005 |
% CHANGE
04 - 05 |
Rank
1995 |
Rank
2005 |
|
FRANCE |
76.0M |
+1.2% |
1 |
1 |
|
SPAIN |
55.6M |
+6% |
3 |
2 |
|
USA |
49.4M |
+7.2% |
2 |
3 |
|
CHINA |
46.8M |
+12.1% |
7 |
4 |
|
ITALY |
36.5M |
-1.5% |
4 |
5 |
|
UK |
30.0M |
+8% |
5 |
6 |
|
MEXICO |
21.9M |
+6.3% |
6 |
7 |
|
GERMANY |
21.5M |
+6.8% |
12 |
8 |
|
TURKEY |
20.3M |
+20.5% |
20 |
9 |
|
AUSTRIA |
20.0M |
+3% |
9 |
10 |
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2005/2006 MOST POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN FRANCE
1.5 billion overnight stays
(French: 64%, foreigners: 36%)
THE DISTRIBUTION OF TOURISM BY AREA VISITED
TOURISM CONSUMPTION BY REGION
Tourism
consumption: Euro 108.1 billion
including share directly attributable to region:
Euro 92.4 billion (French: 59%, foreigners: 41%)
THE SHARE OF FRENCH TOURISM
CONSUMPTION IN GDP
6.4% IN CURRENT
EUROS
NUMBER OF
TOURISM RESIDENCES IN FRANCE (LEASEBACK PROPERTIES) AS FROM 01/06
|
ALSACE |
4 |
- |
4 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
|
AQUITAINE |
53 |
2 |
16 |
31 |
10 |
112 |
|
AUVERGNE |
4 |
- |
3 |
3 |
- |
10 |
|
BASSE-NORMANDIE |
10 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
- |
17 |
|
BURGUNDY |
3 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
5 |
|
BRETANY |
19 |
3 |
10 |
18 |
1 |
51 |
|
CENTRE |
2 |
- |
1 |
2 |
- |
5 |
|
CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
|
CORSICA |
26 |
- |
36 |
6 |
- |
68 |
|
FRANCHE-COMTE |
2 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
5 |
|
HAUTE-NORMANDIE |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
|
ISLE DE FRANCE – PARIS |
53 |
- |
4 |
36 |
12 |
105 |
|
LANGUEOC - ROUSSILION |
97 |
3 |
22 |
19 |
2 |
143 |
|
LIMOUSIN |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
LORRAINE |
3 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
- |
9 |
|
MIDI PYRENEES |
34 |
1 |
5 |
14 |
- |
54 |
|
NORD-PAS DE CALAIS |
3 |
- |
2 |
5 |
- |
10 |
|
LOIRE |
21 |
1 |
10 |
22 |
2 |
56 |
|
PICARDIE |
2 |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
4 |
|
POITOU CHARENTES |
14 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
11 |
34 |
|
PROVENCE ALPES COTES D’AZUR |
198 |
1 |
35 |
80 |
15 |
329 |
|
RHONES ALPES |
