Tourism. A Routard Guide for Brussels

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For some years, the Routard Guide also has editions on French and foreign cities. The latest publication is on Brussels. The Routard (backpacker in English) is a travelling companion for tourists who want to to look and discover a country or city with an almost stainless trademark: a good price-quality and great tips.

Increase of the tourism in Brussels

11% of supplementary French tourists in 1 year, 32% in 8 years. It is very probably these figures which urged the editor of the Routard Guide to dedicate a specific edition to Brussels with participation of the BITC and the OPT. With Paris at about 1 hour and 20 minutes away, many French tourists consider Brussels a great stay for a short city trip.

Short holidays

The economic crisis also strengthened this idea, as proved by the report of the European Commission 'Trends and Prospects on European Tourism 2009'. This report explains that in times of economic crisis, the tourists are in search of close destinations for a short-term stay. The publication should thus delight our neighbours but also the Belgians and the Brusselses. The guide is indeed stuffed with lots of funny anecdotes about Brussels.

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