This led French right-wing daily Le Figaro to declare: “London dethrones Paris”.
Boris Johnson, London’s mayor, weighed in.
“These incredible figures prove that London is without doubt the greatest city on the planet,” he extolled.
Anne Hidalgo, favourite to succeed Bertrand Delanoë, her fellow Socialist, as mayor of Paris in elections this month, then hit back at a “boastful” Mr Johnson, saying: “London aggressively sells itself, often in a way that goes beyond the truth.”
She said Paris beats London hands down in tourism, start-ups, shopping, safety and as a place to live with families.
Later she toned down her comments, saying: “Yes, the two cities are competitors – but if we also work together, we can be a global partnership to reckon with.”
法国地区旅游机构称,法国巴黎仍是世界最受欢迎的旅游城市。就在一个月前,有报告指伦敦已取代巴黎,成为世界观光之都,法国否认了这一观点。
法国方面的报告称,尽管全球经济形势严峻,2013年对巴黎和周围法兰西岛(俗称“大巴黎区”,Ile-de-France)的旅游业来说是“特别的一年”,外国游客人数达到10年来的最高水平。
据酒店数据显示,去年共有3230万名游客来到“光之城”(the City of Lights)巴黎,其中约有1550万人是外国游客,比上年增长8.2%。
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