On average, 20 percent of foreign tourists spent between 7 and 13 nights in France that year. Visitors from Africa stayed the longest in France, more than 30.5 percent of them stayed 14 nights or more.
Average length of stay of tourists from abroad in France in 2017, by continent of origin
Characteristic
1 night
2 nights
3 nights
4 to 6 nights
7 to 13 nights
14 nights or more
Oceania
4.7%
16.8%
10%
36.9%
18.3%
13.2%
Africa
4.1%
8.7%
9.2%
20.8%
29.3%
27.8%
Asia
6.9%
17.1%
24.6%
25.9%
16.3%
9.2%
America
6.1%
13.2%
19%
28.6%
22.1%
11.1%
Europe
17.2%
13.8%
12.9%
24.2%
22%
9.8%
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Direction Générale des Entreprises. (July 5, 2018). Average length of stay of tourists from abroad in France in 2017, by continent of origin [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119285/duration-of-stay-tourists-foreigners-france/
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