Nearly 1,700 events and over 11 million visitors in 2004
400 professional and general-public trade shows
360 conferences, 140 of which were international
(Sources : Activité 2004 de centres d'expositions de Paris-Ile-de-France /CCip-Direction des Congrès et Salons)
Our world is a playground
A city of history and culture: three opera houses, 168 entertainment venues (including 141 theatres), 134 museums, 343 cinemas and countless concert halls (including the Palais des Congrès, Bercy and le Zénith), 17 music conservatories, and 56 libraries,
more than 2,000 hectares of parks, including two massive spaces in Paris proper (the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes) and some 400 smaller parks and gardens,
a region teeming with châteaux, forests and historical sites,
a city for tourists: nearly 1,450 hotels (including 500 with three or more stars) for a total of 73,000 rooms,
more than 8,000 restaurants, including some of the finest in France,
some 20 department stores (such as Printemps and Galeries Lafayette), 16 shopping centres (les Boutiques du Palais, the Forum des Halles and more.) and over 30,000 retail shops.
Everything is within easy reach
Two international airports near Paris - Orly (14 km) and Roissy (27 km) - plus two business airports (Le Bourget and Villacoublay), with 142 airlines regularly providing service to Paris,
three TGV stations providing service to France and major European cities (Paris-Brussels via Thalys: 1 hour 20 minutes; Paris-London via Eurostar: 3 hours) and interconnections with Paris' two international airports,
public transportation: 14 metro lines (200 km, 319 stations), and five RER lines that rapidly and regularly connect Paris with other cities in the region.
