While Chamonix is best known for its endless steep skiing, there’s plenty to go around for everyone here.

Tourism is a major part of the French economy, representing close to 8% of GDP and 2 million direct and indirect jobs. It is also a recognized soft power asset abroad, and France has been the world’s ...

The title of the conference scheduled at the IFTM-Top Resa Forum on Thursday September 22, 2016 was perplexing: “France: queen of global tourism?” Is it serious? Ironic? Provocative?