France sits in the middle of Western Europe and also at the center of many tourists' wish lists when visiting the continent. You can spend several lifetimes seeing the sights of Paris, lounging on Riviera beaches or wandering the battlefields of Normandy. To narrow down your trip to the span of your vacation time off, focus on your top reasons for visiting the country.
TFrance recorded 83.7 million visitors to their country last year, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization. Only one other nation surpassed 70 million mark - the US, with 74.8 million, while plucky Britain trundled home in eighth place, with 32.6 million people heading to our shores – not that much more than a third of the total going to France. Looked at another way, that means one country garners around eight per cent of the world’s total number of international tourists (around 1.133 billion last year). How bonkers is that?