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The Châteaux de la Loire meet the French press

The Châteaux de la Loire meet the French press

Published on 26 May 2008 - Updated 22 December 2010
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Tourism, Mission Val de Loire

On 16 May 2008, the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine in Paris played host to this unprecedented initiative undertaken by the administrators of the leading Loire Valley heritage sites, private and public, and local authorities, piloted by the Regional Tourism Committee with the financial support of Mission Val de Loire.

The press conference was an opportunity to present to approximately forty national journalists from the general media and specialist tourism and heritage publications:

- The excellence approach taken by leading sites. Three studies are ongoing: multisite pass, accessibility and mediation.

- Special events for the 2008 season in the Châteaux de la Loire

The speeches by François Bonneau, President of the Centre Regional Authority and of Mission Val de Loire, François Dumon, vice-President of the Centre Regional Authority responsible for tourism, and Alain Beignet, Chairman of the Centre Regional Tourism Committee demonstrated the tremendous goodwill of the Centre and Pays de la Loire Regional Authorities towards the eighteen sites which have signed the charter of excellence.

An exhibition of photographs by Jean-Baptiste Leroux highlighted the Châteaux, jewels in the heritage crown of the landscapes of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Loire Valley.

Further information:

The excellence approach taken by the leading sites