La Rochelle is located in the Bay of Biscay (Image: GETTY-STOCK) France is one of the most visited countries in the world - but only some parts of it are rammed with tourists . The overcrowding experienced just in certain locations has been noted even by the French Tourism Ministry, which last year said an average of 80 percent of holidaymakers tend to flock to just 20 percent of the country - including Paris and the French Riviera. The French capital and the Île-de-France region alone welcomed some 47.

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