Министерство Образования Азербайджанской Республики

Азербайджанская Национальная Консерватория

Бакинский Музыкальный Колледж

Самостоятельная работа 1

Предмет:Английский язык
Курс: IIa
Преподаватель: Садигова Арифа
Студентка: Абдинзаде Джамаля

Тема: Sightseengs of France

 France was visited by 84.7 million foreign tourists in 2013,
making it the most popular tourist destination in the world.It is
third in income from tourism due to briefer visits. 20% more
tourists spent less than half as much as they did in the United
States.
France has 37 sites inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage
List and features cities of high cultural interest (Paris being the
foremost, but also Toulouse, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Lyon, and
others), beaches and seaside resorts, ski resorts, and rural
regions that many enjoy for their beauty and tranquillity (green
tourism). Small and picturesque French villages of quality
heritage (such as Collonges-la-Rouge or Locronan) are
promoted through the association Les Plus Beaux Villages de
France (litt. "The Most Beautiful Villages of France"). The
"Remarkable Gardens" label is a list of the over two hundred
gardens classified by the French Ministry of Culture. This label
is intended to protect and promote remarkable gardens and
parks.
In 2012, travel and tourism directly contributed EUR77.7
billion to French GDP, 30% of which comes from international
visitors and 70% from domestic tourism spending. The total
contribution of travel and tourism represents 9.7% of GDP and
supports 2.9 million jobs (10.9% of employment) in the country.
Tourism contributes significantly to the balance of payments.
Paris, the capital city, is the third most visited city in the
world.Paris has some of the world's largest and renowned
museums, including the Louvre, which is the most visited art
museum in the world, but also the Musée d'Orsay, mostly
devoted to impressionism, and Beaubourg, dedicated to
Contemporary art. Paris hosts some of the world's most
recognizable landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, which is the
most-visited paid monument in the world,the Arc de Triomphe,
the cathedral of Notre-Dame or the Sacré-Cœur. The Cité des
Sciences et de l'Industrie is the biggest science museum in
Europe.Located in Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, it is at the
heart of the Cultural Center of Science, Technology and
Industry (CCSTI), a center promoting science and science
culture. Near Paris is the Palace of Versailles, the former palace
of the kings of France, now a museum.
With more than 10 million tourists a year, the French
Riviera (or Côte d'Azur), in south-eastern France, is the second
leading tourist destination in the country, after the Parisian
region.According to the Côte d'Azur Economic Development
Agency, it benefits from 300 days of sunshine per year, 115
kilometres (71 mi) of coastline and beaches, 18 golf courses, 14
ski resorts and 3,000 restaurants. Each year the Côte d'Azur
hosts 50% of the world's superyacht fleet, with 90% of all
superyachts visiting the region's coast at least once in their
lifetime.
A large part of Provence is designed as the 2013 European
Capital of Culture. Numerous famous natural sites can be found
in the region, as the Gorges du Verdon, the regional natural park
of Camargue, the national park of calanques and the typical
landscape of Luberon. Provence hosts dozens of renowned
historical sites like the Pont du Gard, the Arles' Roman
Monuments or the Palais des Papes in Avignon. Several cities
also attracts a lot of tourists, like Aix-en-Provence, Marseille or
Cassis, on the Mediterranean Sea coastline.
An other major destination are the Châteaux of the Loire
Valley, this World Heritage Site is noteworthy for the quality of
its architectural heritage, in its historic towns such as Amboise,
Angers, Blois, Chinon, Nantes, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours, but
in particular for its castles (châteaux), such as the Châteaux
d'Amboise, de Chambord, d'Ussé, de Villandry and
Chenonceau, which illustrate to an exceptional degree the ideals
of the French Renaissance.
Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful
villages of France") is an independent association, created in
1982, that aims to promote small and picturesque French
villages of quality heritage. As of 2008, 152 villages in France
have been labelled as the "Plus Beaux Villages de France".
There are a few criteria before entering the association: the
population of the village must not exceed 2,000 inhabitants,
there must be at least 2 protected areas (picturesque or legendary
sites, or sites of scientific, artistic or historic interest), and the
decision to apply must be taken by the town council.
Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
In the eastern parts of France there are skiing resorts in the Alps.
Tourists also travel to see the annual cycle race, the Tour de
France.
France's Mediterranean beaches on the French Riviera, in
Languedoc-Roussillon, or in Corsica, are famous. Away from
the mainland tourists are French Polynesia (especially Tahiti),
the Caribbean islands Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and
Saint Barthélemy.
The Route Napoléon, the route taken by Napoléon in 1815
upon his return from exile, leads from Golfe-Juan to Grenoble in
south-eastern France. It is a scenic byway and a popular
destination.
Also popular are the memorials to the battles of the First
and Second World Wars. Memorials to the former include the
Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, while commemorations
to the latter include a D-Day museum at Arromanches, one of
the landing sites.
There are too a lot of great naturals sites, with important
flora collections. For example, the federal Arboretum de
Pézanin gather one of the richest forest collection in France, or
the Regionals natural Park, which are dispersed in all the
territories.
France attracts many religious pilgrims on their way to St.
James, or to Lourdes, a town in the Hautes-Pyrénées that hosts a
few million visitors a year. The Taizé Community has become
one of the world's most important sites of Christian pilgrimage.
Over 100,000 young people from around the world make
pilgrimages to Taizé each year for prayer, Bible study, sharing,
and communal work.
Disneyland Paris is France's and indeed Europe's most
popular theme park, with 15,405,000 combined visitors to the
resort's Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park in 2009.
The historical theme park Puy du Fou in Vendée is the second
most visited park of France.Other popular theme parks are the
Futuroscope of Poitiers and the Parc Astérix.