Touriost deficit continues in France
The French continue to pay the price for trying to stop the liberation of Iraq.
"From the financial crisis at the EuroDisney theme park outside Paris to the closure of brothels on the Rue Pigalle, evidence of the crisis in the French tourism industry has been hard to miss.
"Official statistics from the country's tourism ministry on Thursday confirmed that the number of foreign visitors to a country that prides itself on being the world's leading tourist destination is in unprecedented decline."
"...The disappearance of the big-spending American tourist on the Champs Elysées - predicted since the diplomatic fracas over Iraq - is now a statistical reality.
"Overnight stays by American tourists declined nearly 40 per cent in May compared with last year. Upmarket hotels saw their business with foreign customers tumble 15 per cent year-on-year at the start of the summer, while occupancy rates for the greater Paris region have fallen a full six points to an unhealthy low of 67.4 per cent."
The French continue to pay the price for trying to stop the liberation of Iraq.
"From the financial crisis at the EuroDisney theme park outside Paris to the closure of brothels on the Rue Pigalle, evidence of the crisis in the French tourism industry has been hard to miss.
"Official statistics from the country's tourism ministry on Thursday confirmed that the number of foreign visitors to a country that prides itself on being the world's leading tourist destination is in unprecedented decline."
"...The disappearance of the big-spending American tourist on the Champs Elysées - predicted since the diplomatic fracas over Iraq - is now a statistical reality.
"Overnight stays by American tourists declined nearly 40 per cent in May compared with last year. Upmarket hotels saw their business with foreign customers tumble 15 per cent year-on-year at the start of the summer, while occupancy rates for the greater Paris region have fallen a full six points to an unhealthy low of 67.4 per cent."
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