The 15th edition of Atout France’s largest trade show for tour operators will take place in Chicago from Sunday, October 28 through Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park Hotel.
There a so many reasons to visit France in 2019. Visiting Normandy will be a must before, during or after the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the Loire Valley will be festive with Renaissance fever for the 500th anniversary of the French Renaissance & Leonard da Vinci. November 9 update: the opening of the City of Gastronomy and Wine in Dijon has been postponed to 2020/2021
The French Caribbean Island of Martinique, also known as the Isle of Flowers, will participate in IMEX for the first time. From October 16 to 18, 2018, representatives from the Martinique Promotion Bureau in the U.S. and from the home-based Martinique Tourism Authority, will exhibit at the France Booth, booth #3629.
Atout France, the France Tourism Development Agency and its 25 partners* will be exhibiting at IMEX October 16 to 18, 2018. The France Booth, booth #3629, will be well represented, featuring DMCs, transportation companies, top flight hotels and French destinations—including for the first time, the beautiful Island of Martinique.
"With an increase of +16% compared to the same month in 2017, July 2018 saw strong ticket sales to France", Anne-Laure Tuncer, Director USA of Atout France
Summer is the perfect season to start planning for a sunny winter break. With the bluest waters of the Caribbean there is an island known as the Isle of Flowers. It is acclaimed for its warm people and a geography that offers 425 square miles of verdant lush mountainous landscapes, rolling hills, pristine waters of many unspoiled beaches and coves crowned by the towering Mont Pelee volcano
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2019 will mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci at Amboise, the start of the construction of the Château of Chambord and the birth of Catherine de’ Medici in Florence
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An estimated 89 million travelers visited France in 2017—nearly an 8% increase over 2018, remaining the world’s #1 tourist destination.
“This award is so important to us as it is a recognition by travelers of joint efforts undertaken these recent years..." said Christian Mantei, CEO of Atout France
