Vacation: favorite activities of the French

Nearly 60 percent of the French people questioned in this survey preferred to visit cultural sites during their vacations.

Which of the following activities would you prefer to do while on vacation? *

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Resting / relaxing	71%
Discover cultural sites	58%
Discover natural sites (lake, mountain, forest, countryside...)	56%
Spend time with your family and friends	54%
Going to the beach	53%
Discover local gastronomy/culinary specialities	53%
Take advantage of the swimming pool of the accommodation	31%
Going on an adventure, a change of scenery (crossing a region, a country...)	27%
Going off the beaten track (hiking, trekking...)	27%
Go shopping	24%
Doing sports (tennis, sailing, diving, golf...)	21%
Going to places of leisure (fairgrounds, amusement parks...)	20%
Going out, partying (blas, festivals, discotheque...)	19%
Going to relaxation areas (thalasso, fitness...)	14%
Practicing manual activities (DIY, gardening, knitting)	8%
Practice of artistic activities (painting, drawing...)	4%
Other things	4%

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Release date

May 2017

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Region

France

Survey time period

March 13-21, 2017

Number of respondents

816 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

French people planning to go on holiday or uncertain whether to go on holiday

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

* The source does not give the original wording of the question asked during the survey. The question chosen for this statistic may therefore differ slightly from the original.

Several answers were possible.

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