All that new & news for travel to France in 2016, including a video presentation featuring new museums like la Cité du Vin, the reopening of the Franco-American Museum of Blérancourt with a new wing, new non-stop flights to the French West Indies, the Normandy Impressionist Festival and more.
The French Awards** were presented in Atlanta by Atout France, the France Tourism Development Agency during the gala dinner of their major trade event known as French Affairs.
The Mori Memorial Foundation’s Institute for Urban Strategies in Japan has named Paris the world’s top city for quality of life.
The 12th edition of French Affairs will take place Sunday and Monday, October 18 and 19, 2015 at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead hotel in Atlanta.
On September 26 and 27 in New York City, the world's most-visited country takes up weekend residence in America's most-visited tourist attraction. Dominating Broadway at Times Square for several blocks north of 38th Street, BEST OF FRANCE® will come to life as a free smorgasbord of more than 200 exhibitors celebrating France's incomparable savoir-faire. The France Tourism Development Agency Atout France and more than 30 partners will be prominent in the mix in a block-long "Rendezvous en France" area dedicated to tourism.
France's national tourism development and agency, Atout France, signed a sponsorship deal with the organizers of next year's UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament.
A new bilingual website (English / French) has been launched to boost awareness of the Qualité Tourisme™ trademark and accredited tourist industry professionals.
Martinique was the big winner at this year's Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Travel Media Awards with journalists producing articles promoting travel to The Isle of Flowers earning five of the 10 top honors.
The annual survey of foreign visitors and international tourism in France, produced by the Direction Générale des Entreprises and the Bank of France, confirms that France was the world’s leading tourist destination in 2014. With 83.7 million visitors, there was a slight 0.1% increase of arrivals in comparison with 2013.
"Air France Travels," Air France’s spring 2015, social media campaign in partnership with Atout France sends five bloggers to France in Premium Economy.
