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

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of trips to and from

France

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from 1980 to 2000

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

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travelled to in 2000. Units are measured in millions of

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.

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, the

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of trips to and from

France

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

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to

France

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. Meanwhile, Germany received the highest

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of French

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in 2000. In 1980, the

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of

visits

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abroad by French

citizens

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was nearly 14

million

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, which was about 3

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higher than the

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of

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to

France

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

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of trips abroad by French

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became increasingly higher than the

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of journeys to

France

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made by foreigners. In 2000, the

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of

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to

France

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reached around 52

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while

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the

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of

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to

France

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

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in 2000, with close to 12

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visitors

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.

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was followed by Portugal, which received around 9

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French

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

million

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visitors

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on average.