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Paris world's most Facebook-liked city
By RFI


Paris is the most liked city in the world … in the Facebook sense. More people have liked the French capital’s official Facebook page than those of New York, London or any other town that might aim to rival it. That’s good news for Paris’s shops and restaurants whose owners have launched a campaign to attract winter visitors.

A big “Merci” (thank you) has graced the pavement in front of Paris City Hall since Wednesday, following the weekend’s news that the number of likes on the city’s official Facebook page had hit two million.
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Standing at 2,035,433 on Thursday afternoon, the City of Light dwarfs London’s 1,136,964, not to mention the scores of other tourist-trade rivals, such as New York, Madrid or Dubai.

City authorities are all the more proud given the fact that only 335,000 of the fans are French.

The news is a boost for the city’s efforts to stay ahead in the tourist stakes and should help a campaign to make up for the dip in visits over the winter. ......................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.english.rfi.fr/visiting-france/20121129-paris-worlds-most-facebook-liked-city