Tag: tourism
Paris 2024 Olympics: a success for everyone except the tourism industry?
The Paris 2024 Olympics are undeniably a success and will mark the history of the games in different ways, and no one today will dare say that they weren't a real success despite the legitimate concerns that preceded them....
The typical air traveler is not at all who you think he is
There are a ton of clichés and preconceived ideas about people who fly and who they are. A recent study by France's General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) dispels many clichés.
We won't rehash the debate about who's out...
Olympics 2024 in Paris: what to expect as a tourist?
The venues for the 2024 Paris Olympics are partly located in the city's historic center. A unique setting that will give television channels the opportunity to produce exceptional images, but will also impose heavy constraints on the city's inhabitants...and...
Dubrovnik bans wheeled suitcases in town…a first step towards a better travel experience
The city of Dubrovnik is banning rolling suitcases in town: from now on, tourists will have to carry their suitcases and no longer roll them. At first sight, a coercive measure, but one that promises to improve the travel...
A problem with a travel professional in France? Have you thought about the Tourism Ombudsman?
Not all travel professionals are exemplary in their handling of customer disputes. If you have a problem with a professional in France or French abroad, there is one last solution before going to court: the Médiateur du Tourisme (Tourism...
Do governments take the vaccine seriously ?
One year after the start of the pandemic, vaccination campaigns against COVID-19 have begun. I almost said "finally" started, but if we thought time was long for billions of human beings, and if the specific context of France made...
Remote workers and vaccination vacations: a new niche for tourism?
COVID was a major blow to the tourism industry, which was forced to reinvent itself. Sometimes to save what could be saved, sometimes to reinvent more surprising and sustainable models.
While the air transport sector was severely impacted by travel...
How can I find out about the conditions for entering a country?
Being admitted to a foreign country ranges from very simple to very complicated depending on the case and is a question we are frequently asked by our readers. Visas, vaccinations, time limits, incompatibility with previous stays in certain countries...we...
Editorial: Open the borders!
We're fed up: After almost 2 months of confinement, the French need some air. You can see it just by looking at the few patches of grass on the Champ de Mars or the Esplanade des Invalides taken over...