French Love London Even Above Paris in Tourism Report

Hpliday hypermarket reports that despite the rivalry between the French and English capitals, London has been given high praise by being placed even above Paris in a French Regional Tourism Committee (CRT) report.

According to the Daily Mail News website, the French have conceded that London often outperforms Paris in terms of providing a warm welcome for visitors with better quality cheap hotels and a cleaner, more efficient transport system. While Paris still has plenty of strengths to be proud of, the CRT officials admitted that there was definite room for improvement.

The report placed London in first place out of six major European capitals with an impressive score of 82 out of 100. The capital outperformed Paris in its ability to provide appealing accommodation, excellent transport around the capital and even the variety of its cuisine.

Paris was a very close joint-second with Amsterdam, however. With a score of 79 each, they still represented hugely appealing travel choices for a city break.

Paris is officially the world's most popular capital city tourist destination in terms of the number of visitors who head there every year.

Madrid and Rome took joint-third place with 76 each. This left Germany's Berlin trailing in last place with a still respectable 74.

One area which hampered London's score a little was the lack of widespread foreign language use in the capital. CRT officials noted that while English, French and Spanish are widely used in Paris, English is the only major European language often used in London.

However, this slight language barrier issue did not impact significantly on London's overall welcoming atmosphere too badly as it romped home to first place.