"Tourism in Paris has rebounded with spectacular fashion," say the French capital's tourism chiefs who were celebrating a record number of visitors to the City of Light after a steep drop caused by the spate of terror attacks.
Some visitors may be steering clear of the world's top tourist destination after terror attacks in the French capital, but for lovers, shoppers and gourmands who dare to go, Paris will always be Paris.
Paris is safe and life will return to normal. That's the message from the head of the Paris Tourism board who told The Local on Tuesday that tourists should not turn their backs on the City of Light, despite understandable fears.
Holiday rental site Airbnb will from Thursday start charging users in Paris a tourist tax as it bids to keep the French government off its back. The levy could raise millions of euros for Paris.
Three of France's most famous museums and art galleries - the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles and the Musee d'Orsay - will soon be open seven days a week, the government revealed on Wednesday. Many visitors may be surprised they aren't already open all week-round.
Millions of foreign visitors flocked to Paris last year helping the French capital to maintain its title as the world's most popular tourist destination. However the French themselves seem to have fallen out of love with the City of Light.
UPDATED: Tourism chiefs in Paris hit back on Thursday at reports that London had claimed its mantle as the most visited city in the world, insisting the real figures showed the French capital was still top dog.
Nine members of the radical feminist group Femen are due to appear in court in Paris on Friday, charged with desecrating Notre Dame cathedral with a topless celebration of the resignation of Pope Benedict.(SEE VIDEO)
The time has come to tackle Paris's grimey Metro, once and for all, according to transport chiefs, who announced this week a multi-million euro plan to rid the network and its stations of their infamous filth.
Who says Parisians have no sense of humour? The city of Paris this week launched a public exhibition of cartoons, intended to poke fun at the foibles and follies of life in the capital city, mocking natives, tourists and expats alike.
Visitors have only had to wait around 500 years but finally one of Paris’s most famous landmarks is open to the public for the first time. But you'll need to get to the top while you can, because unfortunately it will soon close again.
In this week's edition of The Local's My France series we’ve asked Brian Scott Bagley – an American burlesque dancer and choreographer who moved to Paris in 2006 – to tell us about life in the City of Light and some of his favourite haunts.
