France is the world’s most popular tourism destination, with its capital Paris one of the most visited cities in the world.
The tourism sector is responsible for 10% of the entire country’s GDP and jobs – with those numbers even bigger where Paris is concerned. 2014 alone saw tourism generate over 13 billion euros for the City of Love, according to Mastercard, and almost a fifth of all workers in Greater Paris work in the tourism industry, the city’s Convention and Visitors Bureau relates.
But while 2019 saw a record 38 million people visit Paris,