Public authorities promote tourism in Loire Valley in English

Within four days, a new website called "Angers Loire Valley" will be opened by the Angers convention bureau. Its aim is to attract the attention of the professionnals of tourism about abilities and interest to organize events in the region. Money is at stake. According to  the sponsors of the website (among them Angers city, Angers Loire Metropole, the chamber of commerce and industry of Maine et Loire), a business tourist spends 150 €, an threefold amount compared to a a classical tourist.

A bilingual meetings planner's guide has been created. Others, related to incoming and incentives as well as sustainable tourism will follow. A few weeks ago, a video dedicated to the promotion of the Loire Valley had been created (and was commented in this blog).

But if a bilingual website is a progress, many websites of public authorities are only in french : this is the case of Angers, Angers Loire Métropole, and more surpringly of th Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Maine et Loire even the Loire Electronic Applications Valley page is in french). And Angers Expo Congrès has only a digest version in english. The Conseil général de Maine et Loire website has an english (among others) version as well as the Office de tourisme d'Angers (eight languages versions).