Located at the crossroads of European and global exchanges, Paris Ile-de-France, the world's leading tourist destination with more than 42 million tourists each year, is Europe's no. 1 market with GDP representing 29% of France's national wealth.
In 2009, it boasted the world's second largest concentration of corporate head offices of Fortune 500 companies, ahead of New York and London and just behind Tokyo. It has Europe's largest corporate real estate assets with 49 million sq.m. of offices, 30 million sq.m. of commercial premises and 29 million sq.m. of warehouses.
With its 11.7 million inhabitants, Paris-Ile-de-France is Europe's first urban unit with a capital city located less than 2 hours flight from major European cities.

With 80% of France's trade fair and trade show business, and 600,000 sq.m. of exhibition space, Paris has the largest offer in the world.