The entrance to the Louvre in Paris, usually full of tourists. Photo: AFPAFP · 19 Aug 2016, 15:24Published: 19 Aug 2016 15:24 GMT+02:00Visitors to hotels, guesthouses and campsites in France dropped by nearly five percent in the second quarter of the year, further underlining the effect of jihadist attacks on Paris, official figures showed Friday. Foreign visitors were the biggest absentees, with numbers down nearly 8.5 percent from April to June compared with the same period last year. The sharp fall "is comparable to the decrease in the final three months of 2015, immediately after the November attacks", Insee said. Only the effect of the Euro 2016 football championships hosted by France in June and early July prevented a bigger fall in hotel bookings.

Source: The Local August 19, 2016 13:18 UTC