The charts below give information about travel to and from France, as well as the most popular countries for French citizens to visit in 2000.

The line chart presents the changes in the

number

of trips to and from

France

from 1980 to 2000

while

the bar chart indicates the levels of popularity among five nations French

citizens

travelled to in 2000. Units are measured in millions of

visitors

.

Overall

, the

number

of trips to and from

France

increased over the twenty-year period, with outbound travel roughly double the rate of

visitors

to

France

. Meanwhile, Germany received the highest

number

of French

visitors

in 2000. In 1980, the

number

of

visits

abroad by French

citizens

was nearly 14

million

, which was about 3

million

higher than the

number

of

visits

to

France

by overseas residents. In the following years, both these figures increased, but the

number

of trips abroad by French

citizens

became increasingly higher than the

number

of journeys to

France

made by foreigners. In 2000, the

number

of

visits

to

France

reached around 52

million

while

the

number

of

visits

to

France

was about half of that. Looking at the second chart, Germany was the most popular destination for French

citizens

in 2000, with close to 12

million

visitors

.

This

was followed by Portugal, which received around 9

million

French

visitors

. As for the remaining countries, their levels of popularity were far lower, with around 3.5

million

visitors

on average.