French tourism 'rebounded' in late 2016

France's tourism industry rebounded in late 2016 after two tough years marked by a series of jihadists attacks, national statistics agency Insee said Tuesday. The number of overnight stays rose 3.9 percent in the last three months of 2016 compared with the same period in 2015, reaching 56.3 million, Insee said. "This strong rebound more than compensates for the marked drop recorded a year previously, linked to the impact of the attacks," the agency said.
Friday's suspected terror attack on a group of soldiers on patrol outside the Louvre museum could endanger that recovery. Egyptian-born Abdallah El-Hamahmy, 29, lunged at a group of soldiers with two machetes, shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest).