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From Olympics, weddings to UPI payments, France is going all out to woo Indian tourists

Driving tourism from India to France is the facilitation of easy payments at iconic places in the French capital via UPI along with the country tapping into the destination wedding market.

September 05, 2024 / 17:35 IST
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The chance of a dinner with Neeraj Chopra or seeing the Indian hockey team live has driven travel from India to Paris. Sure, the City of Lights has always drawn hordes of tourists like moths to a flame, and the Summer Olympic Games torch is an added attraction.

But France is not relying on Olympics 2024 alone to woo Indian travellers. The European nation is also counting on easing things for them by, for instance, enabling easy payments through global industry bellwether UPI. And given that India is a nation known for celebrating marriages in style, it is no surprise that the French are tapping into the large destination wedding market.

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first published: Aug 23, 2024 02:06 pm

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