Record tourists visit Paris in first semester of 2018 (2) A record number of tourists flocked to Paris and its outskirts during the first semester of 2018, 'an absolute record' according to the the Ile-de-France region. Despite growing numbers of visitors in the French capital, the President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France, Valérie Pécresse, says measures must be taken to protect cash-carrying Asian tourists from robberies. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES (completes VID1146483_EN)