This bar chart shows the distribution of foreign tourists in France in 2018, by country or region of origin. Chinese tourists accounted for about 2.4 percent of foreign tourists in France.
Breakdown of foreign tourists in France in 2018, by country of residence
Characteristic
Share of foreign travelers
UK
14.8%
Germany
13.7%
Belgium, Luxembourg
13%
Italy
7.8%
Switzerland
7.6%
Spain
7.5%
Netherlands
5.3%
United States
5%
Africa
3.3%
China
2.4%
Near and Middle East
1.6%
Oceania
1.2%
Canada
1.3%
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Direction Générale des Entreprises. (July 3, 2019). Breakdown of foreign tourists in France in 2018, by country of residence [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/765912/distribution-tourists-foreign-in-la-france-by-zoned-of-residence/
Direction Générale des Entreprises. "Breakdown of foreign tourists in France in 2018, by country of residence." Chart. July 3, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/765912/distribution-tourists-foreign-in-la-france-by-zoned-of-residence/
Direction Générale des Entreprises. (2019). Breakdown of foreign tourists in France in 2018, by country of residence. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/765912/distribution-tourists-foreign-in-la-france-by-zoned-of-residence/
Direction Générale des Entreprises. "Breakdown of Foreign Tourists in France in 2018, by Country of residence." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/765912/distribution-tourists-foreign-in-la-france-by-zoned-of-residence/
Direction Générale des Entreprises, Breakdown of foreign tourists in France in 2018, by country of residence Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/765912/distribution-tourists-foreign-in-la-france-by-zoned-of-residence/ (last visited May 07, 2025)
Breakdown of foreign tourists in France in 2018, by country of residence [Graph], Direction Générale des Entreprises, July 3, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/765912/distribution-tourists-foreign-in-la-france-by-zoned-of-residence/
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