The Paris Basin: Tertiary Activities

Paris Basin Tertiary Activities Account for the development of tertiary activities in one non-Irish region of your choice. tourism * Capital city naturally draws tourists ranging from sight-seers to historical enthusiasts. * billet to monuments and buildings and areas of interest. Eiffel tower daily tours to the top with a restaurant at the top iconic monument designed by Gustave Eiffel overlooks the city + Rvr Seine on which are numerous daily cruises * Sacre Coeur Cathedral on top of Montmartre hill opens every day to public earlier relatively inaccessible as it is atop the highest point in city glass cable car link was built in 1990s march on increased amount of visitors to this attraction. * Nearby Artists quarter + the Salvador Dali museum. Other attractions drawing millions of visitors each year Louvre holds famous pieces (Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci) * S. lies the palace of Versailles * E. (in Marne de la Valley) is the world famous Euro Disney. * Arc De Tr iomphe, Champs dElysees and the Notre Dame Cathedral. * 2008 These sites drew in over 25 million visitors. * Over 60% of visitors from outback(a) of France generate over 20 billion each year. * Tourism industry 20% of Frances total GNP indicates importance of this business is to economy. Result of tourism hotels, restaurants and some other spin-off industries have developed due to the demand for additional services. * Towns Reims and Epernay grown in size due to the viticulture industry draws in wine tasters, shell to the famous Champagne houses. Transport * Transport industry highlights development of tertiary activities * Agriculture, industry and tourism continue to grow need for highly developed manoeuvre network in high demand. Development of Euro Disney in east brought the RER train line meet needs of the ms of visitors (Part of the SNCF train network in France) * Home to the Metro system seven routes linking all areas of capital and further * Three internatio nal airports Charles De Gaulle, Orly and Beavais. * The port of Le Harve mouth of the river Seine (further example of level of development of the transport network in this core region) * Frances second busiest port (after Marseilles) and is the entry + exit point of raw materials and finished products of the region.