{"id":122350,"date":"2017-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/paris-region-lost-1-5-million-tourists-in-2016-due-to-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:17:01","slug":"paris-region-lost-1-5-million-tourists-in-2016-due-to-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/paris-region-lost-1-5-million-tourists-in-2016-due-to-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Region Lost 1.5 Million Tourists in 2016 Due to Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Paris region lost 1.5 million tourists in 2016 as a result of the attacks, with the largest decreases recorded in the number of Chinese and Japanese tourists, the Regional Tourism Committee (CRT) announced.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Financial losses caused by the reduction in the number of tourists in the Paris region last year are estimated at EUR 1.3 billion, according to the CRT&#8217;s annual report.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The number of tourists in the Ile-de-France region was nearly 31 million last year, 4.7% lower than in 2015. The number of foreign tourists decreased by 8.8%, and that of French tourists by 0.8%. In terms of the total number of hotel nights in the Paris region, the decrease was 7.2%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The impact of the Paris attacks was also felt by the main tourist attractions &#8211; the Arc de Triomphe recorded a 24% decrease in visitors, the Louvre Museum 13.3%, the Palace of Versailles 9.8% and Disneyland 9.5%.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How many tourists did the Paris region lose in 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Paris region saw a decline of 1.5 million tourists in 2016, primarily due to the impact of terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the financial impact of the tourism decline in Paris?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reduction in tourist numbers resulted in estimated financial losses of approximately EUR 1.3 billion for the region during 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which tourist attractions were most affected?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Arc de Triomphe was the hardest hit with a 24% drop in visitors, followed by the Louvre Museum with a 13.3% decrease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Paris region lost 1.5 million tourists in 2016 as a result of the attacks, with the largest decreases recorded in the number of Chinese and Japanese tourists, the Regional Tourism Committee (CRT) announced. &nbsp; Financial losses caused by the reduction in the number of tourists in the Paris region last year are estimated at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122350"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}