The share of foreign visitors in tourist visits to museums and cultural sites varied from 88 percent (the Eiffel Tower) to six percent (Jacquemart-André museum). About 45 percent of the visits to the Georges-Pompidou Center came from foreign visitors.
Share of foreign tourist in the overall visits to cultural sites in France in 2013, by cultural site
Characteristic
Share of foreign visitors
Eiffel Tower
88%
Montparnasse Tower
78%
Museum and National Estate of Versailles
76%
La Sainte-Chapelle du Palais, Paris
75%
Rodin Museum
75%
Conciergerie, Paris
72%
Notre-Dame Cathedral Towers, Paris
72%
Louvre Museum
69%
Arc de Triomphe, Paris
66%
Orangery Museum
65%
Palace of the Popes, Avignon
65%
Catacombs, Paris
65%
Archaeological Crypt of Notre-Dame
65%
Blois Castle and Museum
60%
Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey
54%
Fontainebleau Castle
54%
Ancient Theatre and Museum of Orange
54%
Musée d'Orsay
52%
National Estate of Chambord
47%
Pont du Gard
45%
Cheverny Castle
45%
Centre Georges-Pompidou, National Museum of Modern Art
44%
Pantheon, Paris
43%
Haut Koenigsbourg Castle
41%
Invalides Army Museum
40%
Chenonceau Castle
40%
Amphitheatre and ancient theatre of Arles
40%
Château des Baux-de-Provence
40%
Palais Garnier-Opera in Paris
37%
Grévin Museum, Paris
34%
National Museum of the Middle Ages (Cluny), Paris
33%
Castle and ramparts of Carcassonne
29%
Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris
29%
Azay-le-Rideau Castle
29%
Castle of Vaux le Vicomte
25%
Angers Castle
25%
Centre Pompidou, Metz
23%
Louvre-Lens Museum
20%
Museum of French Monuments, Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
20%
Quai Branly Museum
17%
Mucem, Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, Marseille
16%
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
15%
Departmental estate of Vizille
15%
Fort Saint-Jean with Mucem, Marseille
13%
Museum of Fine Arts, Lyon
11%
Castle of the Dukes of Brittany, Nantes history museum
10%
Natural History Museum, large gallery of evolution
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Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. (March 27, 2015). Share of foreign tourist in the overall visits to cultural sites in France in 2013, by cultural site [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121506/visitors-foreigners-monuments-cultural-france/
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. "Share of foreign tourist in the overall visits to cultural sites in France in 2013, by cultural site." Chart. March 27, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121506/visitors-foreigners-monuments-cultural-france/
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. (2015). Share of foreign tourist in the overall visits to cultural sites in France in 2013, by cultural site. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121506/visitors-foreigners-monuments-cultural-france/
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. "Share of Foreign Tourist in The Overall Visits to Cultural Sites in France in 2013, by Cultural Site." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Mar 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121506/visitors-foreigners-monuments-cultural-france/
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Share of foreign tourist in the overall visits to cultural sites in France in 2013, by cultural site Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121506/visitors-foreigners-monuments-cultural-france/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of foreign tourist in the overall visits to cultural sites in France in 2013, by cultural site [Graph], Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, March 27, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121506/visitors-foreigners-monuments-cultural-france/
