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While France failed to win the Rugby World Cup it hosted in 2023, it ended the year as the world’s most-visited country. Hosting hundreds of thousands of supporters of the 19 other competing nations no doubt helped France remain the world’s top tourism destination, a ranking it looks odds-on to retain with Paris hosting the Olympic Games in July and August. According to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and ForwardKeys, booking data show France as “set to keep its pole position as the world’s most popular destination for international arrivals this year.” But such popularity looks set …