{"id":13228,"date":"2026-02-21T00:21:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/france-welcomed-record-visitor-numbers-in-2025-retaining-its-title-as-worlds-most-visited-country\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T00:21:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:21:41","slug":"france-welcomed-record-visitor-numbers-in-2025-retaining-its-title-as-worlds-most-visited-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/france-welcomed-record-visitor-numbers-in-2025-retaining-its-title-as-worlds-most-visited-country\/","title":{"rendered":"France welcomed record visitor numbers in 2025, retaining its title as world\u2019s most visited country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"--widget_related_list_trans: 'Related';\">\n<p>France remains the world\u2019s most visited country, breaking its own national record for tourist numbers. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\">\n<p>          <span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\">\n<p>          <span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to official figures, the destination welcomed 102 million visitors in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the Paris Olympic Games helped France reach 100 million arrivals. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the economic boon, rising visitor numbers have put pressure on the country\u2019s hotspots. <\/p>\n<h2>France is the world\u2019s most visited country<\/h2>\n<p>Last year, France welcomed&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2026\/02\/20\/france-welcomed-record-visitor-numbers-in-2025-retaining-its-title-as-worlds-most-visited-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France remains the world\u2019s most visited country, breaking its own national record for tourist numbers. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to official figures, the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,3450],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","category-voyages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}