Editing Tourism in France (section)

== Specific destinations ==
=== Religious sites ===
France attracts many religious pilgrims along the [[Way of St. James]], or to [[Lourdes]], a town in the [[Hautes-Pyrénées]] that hosts a few million visitors a year.<ref>John Eade, "Pilgrimage and tourism at Lourdes, France." ''Annals of Tourism Research'' 19.1 (1992): 18-32 [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Eade/publication/223789451_Pilgrimage_and_Tourism_at_Lourdes_France/links/59ed153daca272cddde05f67/Pilgrimage-and-Tourism-at-Lourdes-France.pdf online].</ref> The [[Taizé Community]] has become one of the world's most important sites of Christian pilgrimage. Over 100,000 young people from around the world make pilgrimages to Taizé each year for prayer, Bible study, sharing, and communal work.

=== Theme parks ===

[[Disneyland Paris]] is France's and Europe's most popular theme park, with 15,405,000 combined visitors to the resort's [[Disneyland Park (Paris)|Disneyland Park]] and [[Walt Disney Studios Park]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themeit.com/etea/2009report.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602032710/http://www.themeit.com/etea/2009report.pdf|archive-date=2010-06-02|publisher=Themed Entertainment Association|title=2009 Theme Index. The Global Attractions Attendance Report, 2009|access-date=7 October 2010}}</ref>  In 2019, the park attracted over 9.7 million visitors, more than the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, or the Palace of Versailles.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McClanahan |first=Paige |date=2021-06-23 |title='It's Like Coming Home to Family': Disneyland Paris Reopens |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/travel/paris-disneyland-reopening.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The historical theme park [[Puy du Fou]] in Vendée is the second most visited park of France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expatica.com/fr/leisure/travel_tourism/weekend-breaks-the-vendes-puy-du-fou-39717.html |title=Weekend Breaks: the Vendée's Puy du Fou < Travel & Tourism &#124; Expatica France |publisher=Expatica.com |access-date=23 January 2011}}</ref> Other popular theme parks are the [[Futuroscope]] of [[Poitiers]], [[Vulcania]] in [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] and the [[Parc Astérix]] near [[Paris]].