All told, France received 82.6 million international tourists in 2016, or 2.2% fewer than in 2015. Source: DGE and Banque de France, EVE survey of visitors from abroad.
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There were 207.3 million international arrivals in France in 2017 (both day visitors and overnight). 89.3 million overnight arrivals in France in 2018 – a 3% jump from 2017. The global number of tourists to France has more than doubled in the past 15 years. France is now targeting 100 million foreign tourists for 2020.
For the first time ever, Greater Paris exceeded 23 million hotel arrivals (23.6 million - an increase of 11% on 2016 and 5% on 2014). The total number of visitors to Greater Paris, all accommodation combined, exceeded a record 40 million tourists, according to our estimates.
“The number of international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) in 2015 reached a total of 1186 million, an increase of 52 million over the previous year. (…) Demand was robust overall, although results were more mixed than usual across destinations.
London, England's beautiful capital city, is predicted to receive 18.82 million international visitors this year, making it the world's most popular destination city in 2015, according to the just released MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index.