From now on Chinese tourists visiting Paris won't have to carry as much cash around the French capital with two of the city's most famous department stores now allowing customers to pay for items using an online app.
France's tourism industry rebounded in late 2016 after two tough years marked by a series of jihadists attacks, national statistics agency Insee said Tuesday.
The head of Paris tourism sounded the alarm on Tuesday, saying that a €750 million loss to the industry compared to the same period last year constituted "an industrial catastrophe".
A radicalised convert to Islam, suspected of planning to attack American and Russian tourists in France, was charged late Friday and placed in detention, a judicial source said.
A Chinese tourist guide was robbed of €25,000 ($28,300) in cash and his new Rolex watch after he had prevented two of his group from being robbed themselves outside a hotel near Paris, police said on Sunday.
Police in Paris have enlisted the help of students studying Chinese, Japanese and Korean to warn Asian tourists about the ever-present scams and street crime.
Foreign tourists visiting the south of France have been warned to be alert after reports that a gang of robbers, dubbed "motorway pirates" were pretending to be French police as a ruse to rob unsuspecting visitors.
In a bid to battle expensive data roaming charges, France has teamed up with a local start-up to push a new product that allows tourists to connect to unlimited, high speed WiFi at a fraction of the cost.
A Chinese businessman whose suitcase was stolen at a Paris train station has written to the French prime minister to call for better security in the capital, while 50,000 Chinese people have signed a petition to help get the message across.
Three French tourists will be deported from Cambodia after they pleaded guilty to taking nude pictures of each other inside the country's famed Angkor temple complex, a prosecutor said Saturday.
Here's the 10 tourist traps you should avoid on your next trip in France. They're the places that are so expensive, so cheesy or so crowded it feels like all of the country's 84 million annual tourists are there at the same time.
Chinese tourists have once again proved rich pickings for thieves in Paris when one visitor tothe Chateau de Versailles lost a staggering €10,500 when thieves rifled through his pockets. Chinese tourists have been warned not to carry wads of cash.
France continues to top the global rankings when it comes to tourist numbers. With Paris leading the way as the most visited city in the world a new study has confirmed France's place as the world’s top tourist destination. But which countries came second and third?
Parisians get a bad name for their supposed unfriendly treatment of tourists, but what if us visitors are partly to blame for the that famed surly welcome from the locals? Here are 12 things tourists do that can wind up the French, according to our readers.
Almost a year ago it seemed like stories of Parisians being rude to tourists would soon be a thing of the past, when city tourist chiefs published a guide on how to better welcome visitors. The Local took to the streets to see if tourists had noticed a difference.
Two more foreign female travelers reported this week they were raped in India, prompting France and Britain to officially warn their travelers to be careful. How can visitors keep themselves safe?
Paris has long been a favourite with Chinese visitors – so much so that they even created a replica in their own backyard. But it appears the Chinese might not be as besotted with the French capital as we all thought.
France is still world number one when it comes to attracting tourists, according to an official report on Tuesday. With 83 million foreign visitors in 2012, an increasing number of them Asian, the home of the Eiffel Tower and Mont Saint Michel had its best year on record.
The days of the rude Paris waiter or shopkeeper may soon be over. As part of a new campaign, Paris tourism chiefs published a training manual this week aimed at teaching Parisians who come into contact with tourists how to offer them a better welcome.
Any foreigner in France can feel out of place sometimes, but one American tourist seems to have been unconcerned after he was stopped by police in southwestern France for cycling on a motorway, as drivers zoomed past at 130 km/h.
France's consul-general in Australia has been forced to issue a plea to French backpackers, saying their rowdy, rude and drunken antics as well as reported shoplifting is bringing shame on the country's community in Oz.
Shopaholics take note. The city of Paris has launched a new 'Shopping Passport' to try to get tourists off the city's streets and into its shops. The scheme promises savings in hundreds of boutiques across the French capital.
