Paris-Basin - Tertiary Activities

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Leaving Cert Geography (Regional Geography) Mind Map on Paris-Basin - Tertiary Activities, created by Tom Cahill on 28/10/2013.
Tom Cahill
Mind Map by Tom Cahill, updated more than 1 year ago
Tom Cahill
Created by Tom Cahill about 11 years ago
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Paris-Basin - Tertiary Activities
  1. Tourism
    1. 20 million annually
      1. 7% of 11m employed
        1. €1m annually
          1. Many attracions
            1. Notre Dame
              1. Louvre
                1. Stade de France
                  1. thousands of sports fans
                  2. Euro - Disney
                    1. family market
                    2. Eiffel Tower
                      1. 6m annually
                    3. Decline
                      1. Impacted by 9/11
                        1. US tourists less likely to travel
                        2. Recession
                          1. Weakness of Euro against GBP
                      2. Transport
                        1. 2 International airports
                          1. Orly
                            1. Charles-de-Galle
                            2. A86
                              1. by-pass trafic congestion
                              2. TGV
                                1. 300km/h
                                  1. makes snails of other express trains
                                  2. Opened 1981
                                    1. Travells to London, Belgrade & Madrid
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