Fodor's Essential France

A total of 89.4 million people visited France in 2018, and there was a target of 100 million tourists for 2020 pre-pandemic. Paris alone had over 40 million visitors in 2018, with 15 million visiting EuroDisney, the most popular attraction; 7 million visited the Eiffel Tower and 8 million tourists visited the Louvre. There is no surprise that France is the most visited country in the world and, in 2016, the travel and tourism industry contributed 198.3 billion euros towards the French economy and created 2.8 billion jobs, both directly and indirectly. (Source: https://www.condorferries.co.uk/france-tourism-statistics)

The Covid 19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 caused a steep drop-off in tourism to many destinations, but surveys have shown an ongoing interest in international travel once it becomes safe again. The number of Americans traveling overseas is expected to begin a recovery by the third quarter of 2021, once vaccinations are available to a wide variety of people.

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