The good summer on the French Riviera (Le Figaro)

For the summer season, France should be the most visited country in the world with a predicted 73 million tourists for 2001. The French Riviera and Paris are the leading destinations in French tourism, whereas the West coast, affected by the Erika drama, faces some problems to recover its activity. The article of August 18th in the Figaro Economie, "A good summer on the French Riviera" worth reading, gives the trend. For the busiest season, the weekend of August 15th, 3 million foreign tourists were registered on the coasts of the PACA region…