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World Business Report: First broadcast 2015/11/19 22:32 GMT: French tourism down after Paris attacks

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First broadcast 2015/11/19 22:32 GMT

First broadcast 2015/11/19 22:32 GMT: French tourism down after Paris attacks

French tourism down after Paris attacks

BBC World Service - World Business Report, French tourism down after Paris attacks

Tourists are staying away from France after the attacks in the capital

In the aftermath of last Friday's attacks, many potential tourists have abandoned plans to visit the French capital, with long-haul bookings from Asia especially hard hit.

After last Friday's terrorist attacks on Paris many tourists have changed their holiday plans. Hotel bookings are down after the government declared a three month state of emergency. We speak to people bound for Paris at the Eurostar terminal in London.

The US economist Irwin Stelzer reflects on the idea of a border-less Europe and asks whether the Schengen era may now be over.

The company behind the online dating service Tinder has just made its share market debut on Wall Street. Will Match Group be popular with investors as well as singles? 

Plus we head down the Mekong Delta with the BBC's Fergus Nicoll, where the damming of the river by countries to the north of Vietnam is killing fish stocks - and forcing some species of river dolphin and giant catfish to the verge of extinction. But worse, the dams have cut the natural sediment that should be flowing downstream by half - meaning that the Delta wetlands are no longer being reinforced against the power of the sea.

 Photo: The Eiffel Tower is lit with the blue, white and red colours of the French flag. Credit: Reuters

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