Charente Maritime Tourism “Ma Préférence” PRESS PACK 2015
Charente Maritime La Charente Maritime Tourism “ma préférence” PRESS PACK 2015 CHARENTE-MARITIME Atlantic coast en-charente-maritime.com Charente-Maritime at a glance Charente-Maritime Press File 2015 Welcome to the second most popular tourist destination in France. Situated on the Atlantic Coast between Nantes and Bordeaux, Charente-Maritime is particularly well known thanks to certain destinations: Facts & figures • La Rochelle – Ile de Ré • The Coast (Ile d’Oléron, Royan, and Rochefort) Area: 6,864 square kilometers • Cognac country 460 km of coastline • The Marais Poitevin (Green Venice) 4 islands 42 pleasure ports 10 wellness centres 42,201 hectares of Green Venice (Marais Poitevin) xxxxxxxxx 14 ‘Pôles-Nature’ natural areas Population: 630,000 inhabitants Main cities: La Rochelle (77,376 pop.) Saintes (27,795 pop.) Rochefort (26,125 pop.) Royan (18,992 pop.) Phovoir Main sector of activity: Tourism: accounts for 74% of tourism to the region; employs 9% of the population; accounts for over 1.6million euros; involves 3,500 businesses; has 659,000 beds which have 32.8 million bed nights. Other economic areas of importance: Industry: nautical, aeronautical and farming Business Teaching S. Roussillon S. Tourists: 86% of tourists are French Internationally the British are the largest group, then Dutch, Belgian, German and Spanish. Most are in families or couples (75% of the total). How to get here : By air to La Rochelle from London Average stay: is 7.4 nights - Stansted, Gatwick - Southampton, Where they stay: 58% in private accommodation Birmingham, Manchester, East Midlands, S. Laval Bristol, Leeds/Bradford and Edinburgh. (17% are in secondary homes of which http://www.larochelle.aeroport.fr/en/ there are over 88,145 in the department); 19% camping; By rail from London via Paris to La Rochelle.
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