2018 a record for French tourism, despite ‘yellow vest’ protests 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseFrench tourism figures reached a new record in 2018 despite weeks of violent “yellow vest” protests that caused a late slump, the national statistics institute (INSEE) said Tuesday. The number of nights spent by people at French tourist accommodation, including hotels, campsites and youth hostels, rose to 438.2 million in 2018, up 9 million on 2017, INSEE said. Foreign visitors fuelled the surge, with large increases in Italian, Spanish and German visitors reported by accommodation providers. The surge came in a year “marked by large-scale nationwide social movements on two occasions,” INSEE noted, referring to two months of rolling rail strikes between April to June and the “yellow vest” anti-government protests that began in mid-November.

Source: Manila Bulletin April 09, 2019 18:00 UTC