Sports and Tourism
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Paris,official candidate to host the Olympic Game in2024
#Paris2024 - Paris ready to deliver the most sustainable Olympic Games ever, the first in line with Cop21 and the Paris Climate Agreement
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Euro 2016 : France Hosts the Best of European Football !
On the occasion of the finals of the UEFA Euro 2016, from 10 June to 10 July, France will welcome over 1.5 million visitors from around the world
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39 : the number of French sites included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
On June 22, 2014, UNESCO added the Grotte Chauvet to the World Heritage List. The cave was rediscovered by three cavers 20 years ago after being closed off for nearly 20,000 years. Located in the Ardèche, the cave contains more than 1,000 drawings dating back 36,000 years. They are some of the earliest images created by mankind.
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France has taken advantage of the success of the French Open
France has won the French Open ten times in the last nine years.
True, the last time a French player won the Coupe des Mousquetaires was in 1983, when Frenchman Yannick Noah played the Swedish Mats Wilander in the (...) -
Paris, the world’s number one tourist destination
Paris and its surrounding area were once again the world’s number one tourist destination in 2013, with 32.3 million tourists staying at hotels in the Ile-de-France region, according to the regional tourism committee.
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France: the world leader for tourism
France is still the most visited country in the world with almost 82 million foreign tourists. The importance of tourism chiefly lies in the great diversity of natural sites, the beauty of landscapes, the authenticity of villages and the wealth of French cultural heritage (museums and historical monuments). France also ranks third after the United States and Spain among countries with the biggest revenue from tourism.
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Roland Garros: Where French charm and clay-court tennis meet
From 21 May to 9 June, the world’s top tennis players will battle it out for the title of French Open champion at Roland Garros in Paris. For superstars like Nadal, Djokovic, Llodra and Gasquet as well as (...)