There are so many reasons to explore France’s Normandy coastline: The Côte d’Albâtre (Alabaster coast) is a stretch of chalk cliffs, like England’s white cliffs of Dover across The Channel, with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Former editor of Robb Report, Debbi has written about luxuries from Asprey to Zegna. May 22, 2024, 09:00am EDT May 22, 2024, ...

Tourism is a major part of the French economy, representing close to 8% of GDP and 2 million direct and indirect jobs. It is also a recognized soft power asset abroad, and France has been the world’s ...

France turned a challenging post-Olympics year into another record-breaking summer by minimizing the overtourism pitfalls that have plagued other destinations. France has seen an 18% increase in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. Statistics suggests that social protests don't harm France's economy ...

Companies working in the hotel, restaurant, travel and events sectors, among others, have been benefiting from the government measures since May. They had been set to end in September, but on ...

Across parts of southern Europe, summer protests against over-tourism have become an annual fixture. In almost 20 cities across Spain, Italy and Portugal this year, demonstrators gathered on June 15 ...

France last year kept its status as the world’s top tourist destination, attracting some 100 million visitors. But Spain is catching up, falling just two million visitors behind its northern neighbor.