A holiday on a shoestring budget 20 years ago sowed the seeds for a lucrative business.The late French president Charles de Gaulle is said to have once asked about his nation: "How can you possibly govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?"Where some people see problems, others see only opportunities, and Alain Hong is one of the latter when it comes to France. For him the country is much more than a gigantic cheese platter, and l'Hexagone, as the French popularly call metropolitan France, is a gem that has many more than five facets.
The Beijing travel agent sees the country as a smorgasbord of attractions for tourists and is on a mission to serve them up to Chinese according to their tastes.Listening to him enthuse about shopping at Printemps department store in Paris, spending a week in a farmhouse in Bordeaux, wandering through an ancient castle elsewhere or lapping up the sights of Monaco on a luxurious yacht, it is clear he has first-hand knowledge of the country.
"Paris is the most interesting city, with stories in every cafe, every bookshop and on every street corner. Provence is filled with ethnic flavor, and the beauty of the lavender fields is beyond your wildest dreams."Hong's love affair with France began nearly 20 years ago when he spent four months there. He went there alone, something almost unheard of in those days for Chinese traveling to Europe.
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