Foreign tourism dips in France
If you were in France this summer, chances are you got a warmer welcome than usual. Foreign tourists are becoming more a rarity, especially big-spending American travelers, who are finding the euro-dollar exchange rate tough to swallow. Foreign visits to France dropped dramatically this summer, dipping 14.5 percent in overnight stays in July and August. That was according to Henri Novelli, secretary of state for French tourism, who revealed the data during a press conference this week. France is the world’s No. 1 tourist destination, with 80 million tourist visits in 2008.
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