A very dynamic sector in the Burgundy region

• 6.3% of the regional gross expenditure
  
• 22,000 employees – 4.1% of the regional employment
  
• Just 1 hour from Paris and Lyon

• 8 TGV (high speed train) stationsand construction of the Rhin-Rhône High Speed Line (Dijon-Mulhouse section expected to open by the end of 2011)
  
• A privileged road and motorway network offering connections to the whole of Europe
  
• Close to International Airports with Paris Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle, Paris Orly, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Mulhouse-Basel.

3 Unesco World Heritage Sites, 2000 classified monuments
6 towns and 2 regions of Art and History (Auxerre, Joigny, Nevers, Autun, Chalon-sur-Saône, Dijon, Pays d’Auxois, Charolais-Brionnais area)

Expansion of rural tourism

• The Morvan: Regional Natural Park
• 10,650 km of footpaths
• 6,500 km of bridleways
• 1,200 km of cycle paths and green lanes

Canal tourism with more than 1,000 km of navigable waterways

• 1^st region for barge-hotels
• 20% of the pleasure boats for hire in France are to be found on the canals in the Burgundy region.

A region ideally suited for business tourism

• A strategic location, halfway between Paris and Lyon, between the Eastern half and the Centre of France
• 2 Conference Centres in Dijon and Beaune
• 4 Exhibition Centres in Auxerre, Chalon-sur-Saône, Mâcon and Nevers
• Bourgogne-seminaires : Search-Engine for companies wishing to organise business meetings or conferences in Burgundy.

Excellent products such as wine, poultry, Charolais beef, mustard, and blackcurrant renown worldwide.

Great chefs and restaurants, gastronomic jewels in the Burgundian crown with 2,600 restaurants

• 41 stars in the Bottin Gourmand Guide
• 63 nominated by the Gault and Millau Guide
• 45 rewarded by Red Michelin Guide

Wine, Burgundy’s great ambassador: more than 600 km of vineyard circuits

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