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Tourism picks up in France

Tourist numbers in France rebounded in the last quarter of 2016, exceeding the number of visitors in the autumn of 2014, before the terror attacks of 2015 and 2016. Nights spent in hotels and at...

Air France blocks US embarkations

Air France has already refused boarding of reportedly fifteen people due to fly to the United States since the signing of an executive order on Friday, January 27, by American President Donald Trump,...

Nice Airport beats record

Despite the atrocity in Nice in the middle of last year, with the loss of 86 lives on July 14, and a subsequent knock-on effect on tourism on the Riviera, the number of passengers using Nice Airport...

Helicopter transfer from Nice airport a whole lot easy-er

EasyJet and Monacair, the company founded by Stefano Casiraghi in 1988, have linked up to provide much easier access to and from the Principality, the two companies announced January 23. The...

Change of tack on small airports

The airport that serves Saint-Tropez can continue to accept direct flights from outside the Schengen zone after a vociferous campaign. Local politicians had told the French government that removing...

German passport is number one

The annual travel ranking by Passportindex.org puts Germany at the top of the international ranking, measured in terms of how many countries allow travellers to visit without the need for a...