France continuously ranks as the single most visited country on the planet, drawing in around ninety million international arrivals annually before global pandemics ruined everyone's vacation plans.

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France continuously ranks as the single most visited country on the planet, drawing in around ninety million international arrivals annually before global pandemics ruined everyone's vacation plans. Tourists flock to Paris, the Riviera, and the Loire Valley to experience world-class art, phenomenal wine, and cheese that smells like unwashed feet but tastes like absolute heaven. Of course, half of these enthusiastic visitors arrive expecting some magical romantic wonderland only to be greeted by heavily armed military patrols at the Eiffel Tower, widespread public transport strikes, and waiters who treat them with a level of profound disdain usually reserved for convicted criminals. It is almost inspiring how the French have managed to monetize being actively hostile to foreigners, creating an entire tourism industry built on the masochistic desire of Americans to be publicly humiliated while eating an overpriced croissant!