+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "OFFICE NATIONAL DU TOURISME" | | | | _17, Rue de Suresnes, PARIS-VIIIe_ | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | The "Office National du Tourisme" was created by Act of | | Parliament on April 8, 1910, and reorganised in 1917. It | | enjoys civil privileges and financial autonomy. | | | | It is directed by an administrative council chosen by the | | Minister of Public Works. | | | | Its mission is to seek out every means of developing | | travel; to urge and if necessary to take any measure | | capable of ameliorating the conditions of the transport, | | circulation and sojourn of tourists. | | | | It co-ordinates the efforts of touring societies and | | industries, encourages them in the execution of their | | programmes and stimulates legislative and administrative | | initiative with regard to the development of travel in | | France. | | | | It promotes understanding between the public services, the | | great transport companies, the "Syndicats d'Initiative" and | | the "Syndicats Professionnels." | | | | It organises propaganda in foreign countries; and tends | | towards the creation of Travel Enquiry Offices in France | | and abroad, with a view to making known the scenery and | | monuments of France, as well as the health-giving powers of | | French mineral waters, spas and bathing places. | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | ALL ENQUIRIES WITH REGARD TO TRAVELLING | | SHOULD BE ADDRESSED | | TO THE "TOURING-CLUB DE FRANCE" | | | | 65, Avenue de la Grande-Armée, 65 | | PARIS (XVIe) | +--------------------------------------------------------------+