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Travel Guide, France

With the most romantic cities, the finest foods and wines and the most picturesque provinces (think fields of sunflowers, alpine chalets and medieval chateaus) it is no wonder France is the world’s top tourist destination. Indeed, the world's top destination number 1, as no country in the world has more tourists visiting.

The French like football and rugby a lot, as well as their famous Tour de France (the famous road bicycle race). Their own sporting activies range from skiing to surfing, everything is their, and anytime of the year you find something to do in France.
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Fast Facts

  • When to go: All year round
  • Tourists per year: 81,000,000
  • Area: 643,427 km2
  • Capital: Paris
  • Language(s): French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois
  • Altitude (in meters): 0
  • Telephone code (prefix): 33
  • Per capita income (USD/year): 34,000
  • Major exports: machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages
  • Major imports: machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals
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