TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN PARIS - PUBLIC INTERVENTION

This paper examines aspects of the development of tourism in Paris and attempts to identify and evaluate the ways and extent that public int ervention, both national and municipal, has explicitly Fostered the gr owth of tourism in the city or actively managed its development. Thr t hree examples examined in detail-urban planning, the redevelopment of the Champs-Elysees, and the Grand Louvre-suggest public intervention i n this Sector has generally only come about as part of much broader ur ban policies and practices, particularly those promoting the image of the city and fostering ifs wider influence. Broader cultural and polit ical considerations often appear to outweigh more immediate economic g ains. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.