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=== Tourism === {{Main|Tourism in France}} [[File:Chateau-de-versailles-cour.jpg|thumb|The [[Palace of Versailles]] is one of the most popular tourist destinations in France.]] France is the world's most popular tourist destination with more than 83.7 million foreign tourists in 2014,<ref>{{cite web |title=La France toujours premiere destination touristique au monde |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2015/04/08/20005-20150408ARTFIG00013-la-france-toujours-premiere-destination-touristique-au-monde.php |website=lefigaro.fr |date=8 April 2015 |access-date=2 November 2015 |archive-date=20 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120135019/http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2015/04/08/20005-20150408ARTFIG00013-la-france-toujours-premiere-destination-touristique-au-monde.php |url-status=live }}</ref> ahead of Spain (58.5 million in 2006) and the United States (51.1 million in 2006). This figure excludes people staying less than 24 hours in France, such as northern Europeans crossing France on their way to Spain or Italy during the summer. According to figures from 2003, some popular tourist sites include (in visitors per year):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/deps/mini_chiff_03/fr/musee.htm|title=Musées et Monuments historiques|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224180811/http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/deps/mini_chiff_03/fr/musee.htm|archive-date=24 December 2007}}</ref> [[Eiffel Tower]] (6.2 million), [[Louvre]] Museum (5.7 million), [[Palace of Versailles]] (2.8 million), [[Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie]] (2.6 million), [[Musée d'Orsay]] (2.1 million), [[Arc de Triomphe]] (1.2 million), [[Centre Georges Pompidou|Centre Pompidou]] (1.2 million), [[Mont-Saint-Michel]] (1 million), [[Château de Chambord]] (711,000), [[Sainte-Chapelle]] (683,000), [[Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg]] (549,000), [[Puy-de-Dôme (mountain)|Puy de Dôme]] (500,000), [[Musée Picasso]] (441,000), [[Carcassonne]] (362,000). However, the most popular site in France is [[Disneyland Paris]], with 9.7 million visitors in 2017<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.statista.com/statistics/236162/attendance-at-the-paris-disneyland-park-theme-park/| title = Disneyland Park Paris attendance| access-date = 4 June 2018| archive-date = 4 October 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181004064405/https://www.statista.com/statistics/236162/attendance-at-the-paris-disneyland-park-theme-park/| url-status = live}}</ref>
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