France remains the world's top tourist destination, according to the World Tourism Organization, with an estimated 75 million visitors per year.
Package tours and special promotional airfares on the new, low-cost airline upstarts are making Europe even more affordable and accessible. Paris is a four-season destination, as more and more travelers take advantage of super-low off-season airfares. In 'Frommer's Paris 2005' the authors preview the City of Light's major events and the side trips will feature the latest attraction to re-open at Versailles: the Great Royal Stables, new home to the Academy of Equestrian Arts.
