French Riviera tourism embraces high technology
CANNES, France, November 26, 2003 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- The French Riviera has a long and well deserved history as a favorite tourist destination. Less well known is that this area of southern France is also a high tech center. From a modest start 30 years ago, technology companies on the Riviera have grown to an annual turnover of four billion euros, equal to the revenue from tourism.
But, rather than competing for government support and new investments, Riviera tourism and technology are working together with a philosophy that growth in one area will help the other. Because the two business sectors are working so closely together, new technological applications to promote tourism are among the world's most advanced.
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