{"id":124192,"date":"2015-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/1-billion-eur-for-tourism-development-in-france\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T21:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:13:28","slug":"1-billion-eur-for-tourism-development-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/1-billion-eur-for-tourism-development-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"1 billion EUR for tourism development in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>France intends to host 100 million foreign tourists in 2020 and, in this regard, plans to allocate 1 billion EUR to develop the tourism sector through an investment platform that was launched on October 8.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&quot;We must redouble our efforts to remain the world&#8217;s leading tourist destination,&quot; stated Laurent Fabius, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism, at a conference with industry professionals. Recalling that&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tourism represents 7.5% of GDP and over 2 million jobs, he also emphasized that tourist facilities in France must be equipped with quality infrastructure in sufficient numbers throughout the French territory.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The tourism investment platform was launched by Caisse des D\u00e9p\u00f4ts et Consignations (CDC), a public financial institution acting on behalf of the state. The platform is intended to facilitate the development of accommodation capacities and tourist facilities, as well as online tourism.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/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>What is France&#8217;s goal for tourism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>France aims to host 100 million foreign tourists by 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much is being invested in the French tourism sector?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The French government is allocating 1 billion EUR through a dedicated investment platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the economic importance of tourism in France?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tourism accounts for 7.5% of France&#8217;s GDP and supports over 2 million jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France intends to host 100 million foreign tourists in 2020 and, in this regard, plans to allocate 1 billion EUR to develop the tourism sector through an investment platform that was launched on October 8. &quot;We must redouble our efforts to remain the world&#8217;s leading tourist destination,&quot; stated Laurent Fabius, the French Minister of Foreign&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124192","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\/124192","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=124192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124192"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}