France

This was the first group assignment that gave by our General English teacher, Mr. Tristan. In this subject, we learned about the reading comprehension, and writing skills which are how to write a business letter, fax, email,etc. Also, we learned to speaks in English by doing this assignment. In this assignment, we had to give a presentation about the interesting things in a country, and my group chose Tourism in France.

 

The French Republic (French: République française), as known as France, is a sovereign country comprising a metropolitan territory located in Western Europe and numerous overseas territories around the world. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel, and from the Rhine and Alpes to the Atlantic Ocean. French citizens often refer to Metropolitan France as L’Hexagone (The “Hexagon”) because of the geometric shape of its territory.

Capital city : Paris
Official language : France
Motto : “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” (Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité)
Population of France: 64,473,140 people
Area of France: 674,843 km2

Tourism

With 81.9 million foreign tourists, France is ranked as the first tourist destination in the world, ahead of Spain and the United States. France features cities of high cultural interest (example: Pari), beaches and seaside resorts, ski resorts, and rural regions that many enjoy for their beauty and tranquillity (green tourism). Aside from casual tourism France attracts a lot of religious pilgrims to Lourdes, a town in the Hautes-Pyrénées département, that hosts a few million tourists a year.

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower (French: Tour Eiffel) is a 19th century iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris that has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower, which is the tallest building in Paris, is the single most visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch for the 1889 World's Fair.
The tower stands at 324 m tall, about the same height as an 81-story building. And while the Eiffel Tower is a steel structure, and weighs approximately 10,000 tonnes, it actually has a relatively low density, weighing less than a cylinder of air occupying the same dimensions as the tower.
The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend either on stairs or lifts to the first and second levels. The walk to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is only accessible by lift. Both the first and second levels feature restaurants.
The tower has become the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France. The tower is a featured part of the backdrop in literally scores of movies that take place in Paris. Its iconic status is so established that it even serves as a symbol for the entire nation of France, such as when it was used as the logo for the French bid to host the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Lourdes

Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes that are reported to have occurred in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous. At that time, the most prominent feature of the town was the fortified castle that rises up from a rocky escarpment at its centre

Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame de Paris is a Gothic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in Paris, France, with its main entrance to the west. It is still used as a Roman Catholic cathedral and is the seat of the Archbishop of Paris. Notre Dame de Paris was one of the first Gothic cathedrals. Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. The name Notre Dame means "Our Lady" in French. Notre Dame de Paris was one of the first Gothic cathedrals, and its construction spanned the Gothic period. Its sculptures and stained glass show the heavy influence of naturalism, unlike that of earlier Romanesque architecture.

Flame of Liberty

The Flame of Liberty (Flamme de la Liberté) in Paris is a full size, gold leaf covered, replica of the flame carried in the hand of the Statue of Liberty in New York City. It was given to the city of Paris by the International Herald Tribune on behalf of donors as part of the newspaper's centennial celebrations in 1987. It is located near the northern end of the Pont de l'Alma on the Place de l'Alma in Paris. The Flame of Liberty, which sits above the entrance to the Paris tunnel in which Diana died.

château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg

The château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg is located at Orschwiller, Alsace, France, in the Vosges mountains at west of Sélestat. The castle is nestled at a strategic location on a high hill overlooking the Alsatian plain; as a result it was used by successive powers from the Middle Ages until the Thirty Years' War when it was abandoned. In 1900 it was restored under the direction of Emperor Wilhelm II. Today it is a major tourist attraction, located on the Alsace wine route.

Arc de Triomphe

The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris, France that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, also known as the "Place de l'Étoile".[1] It is at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. The triumphal arch honors those who fought for France, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. On the inside and the top of the arc there are all of the names of generals and wars fought. Underneath is the tomb of the unknown soldier from World War I .
The Arc is the linchpin of the historic axis (L'Axe historique) — a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route which goes from the courtyard of the Louvre Palace to the outskirts of Paris. The monument was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, and its iconographic program pitted heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail and set the tone for public monuments, with triumphant nationalistic messages, until World War I.
The monument stands 49.5 m in height, 45 m wide and 22 m deep. The large vault is 29.19 m high and 14.62 m (48.0 ft) wide. The small vault is 18.68m high and 8.44 m wide. It is the second largest triumphal arch in existence. Its design was inspired by the Roman Arch of Titus. The Arc de Triomphe is so colossal those three weeks after the Paris victory parade in 1919, marking the end of hostilities in World War I, CharlesGodefroy flew his Nieuport biplane through it, with the event captured on newsreel.

Conclusion
In fact that France has many beautiful objects, not just places or cities, but also monuments, buildings, and so on. Those objects become so popular in tourism world. Those objects are not just beautiful but also have historic story behind those beauty that became a reason of tourists to come. Those objects become more important in France, therefore tourism becomes one of the economic factors in France.