For the eighth year in a row, Parisian riverfronts will harbour beach attire – complete with palm trees, sand, parasols and deckchairs – from July 20 to August 20. Free concerts and activities complete the summer picture.
A taste of Asia without emitting hardly any carbon dioxide, a holiday where you cycle for your supper, or one that helps sustain traditions and tribes, ENVIRONMENT looks at ecological holidays.
France's National Assembly has approved a proposal to authorise more businesses in certain tourist and commercial zones to operate on Sundays. The bill must now go before the Senate for approval.
In this edition: 'Barbarians' gang members face retrial for gruesome murder of young Jew; organised crime targets upmarket wines; and are French tourists really the world's rudest?
French lawmakers on Friday gave the go-ahead to a contentious bill that would allow shops to open on Sundays. The law will come up for voting on Wednesday before being sent to the Senate for consideration.
As Mexico prepares to host an international summit on swine flu at the coastal resort of Cancun on July 2-3, FRANCE 24 looks at the effect of the pandemic on tourism in the country.
In this edition: complaints from the residents of Mauritania’s slums and a children's charity in Morocco calls for action against child abuse, as reported paedophilia cases are on the rise.
Our weekly review of the Middle East looks at Israeli settlers' burgeoning tourism in the West Bank, al Qaeda's growing clout in Yemen, and a plot to ensure Iraq's mobile phones don't work well.
With the Israeli government under increasing pressure from Washington to end all settlement activity, the settler movement is changing tack - promoting the West Bank as a tourist destination for all Israelis.
