Tourists queue as they wait to visit the Notre Dame Cathedral on a warm summer’s day in Paris, France, yesterday. France is on course to welcome a record number of tourists this year, helping boost sector revenue by about four per cent, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism said. Revenue from tourism last year represented seven per cent of France’s economic activity and brought in revenue of €150 billion.

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