French Heritage Sites Had ‘Pre-Covid’ Level of Visitors in 2023

A new study shows that attendance at French museums, monuments and other heritage sites have recovered to pre-pandemic levels with 46.8 million visitors in 2023. According to the latest edition of the Patrimostat, the annual reference publication on attendance at heritage sites and establishments from the Department of Studies, Foresight, Statistics and Documentation (DEPS) of the Ministry…

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The British travel bloggers ‘sugarcoating’ China’s Uyghur problem to the delight of Beijing

In the heart of Xinjiang, the Chinese region where more than one million Uyghurs are believed to be detained in re-education camps, two carefree British travel vloggers cheerfully introduce their viewers to “one of the most controversial areas” of the country. Journalists are harassed and heavily monitored in the rugged western province, where Western governments…

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