We asked artificial intelligence to tell us the worst tourist destinations in France… Among ChatGPT’s proposals, some are amazing. Your turn to judge !
The editorial staff of Linternaute.com asked the now very popular artificial intelligence conversational tool ChatGPT to tell them the worst tourist destinations in France. ChatGPT’s choice is generated from responses based on written traveler experiences. Before providing us with the answer, the chatbot listed the various factors that make a destination less attractive “such as overcrowding, security issues, high prices.” The result is surprising to say the least:
- Disneyland Paris “While Disneyland Paris is a very popular destination for families and amusement park goers, some visitors complain about the large crowds, long lines and high prices,” writes ChatGPT.
- Nice during the summer season : “Nice is a beautiful coastal city on the French Riviera, but during the high summer season it can be extremely busy, which can make visits less pleasant due to crowds and difficulties in finding affordable accommodation”.
The arguments of ChatGPT agree, but from there to reduce the tourist frequentation to the only summer season… We appreciate in all seasons the picturesque lanes, the gastronomy, the museums and the colored buildings of the capital of the Côte d’ Azure.
Mont Saint Michel : “Mont-Saint-Michel is an iconic tourist site in France, but it is often crowded with tourists, especially during the summer months. Some visitors complain about the lack of authenticity and the commercial tourist atmosphere of the region”.
ChatGPT is not wrong, Mont-Saint-Michel is the second most visited national monument in France, with 3 million visitors per year (just like Disneyland Paris is Europe’s leading tourist destination, welcoming nearly 375 million visitors). But you can spend your stay admiring the wonders of the historic site without the crowds between the months of September and February, its off-peak period.
Cannes during the Cannes Film Festival : “The Cannes Film Festival attracts thousands of people from all over the world each year, which can make Cannes very crowded and the prices for accommodation and restaurants very high during this period. Some visitors therefore prefer to visit Cannes outside of the Cannes Film Festival period. festival”.
What makes Cannes famous is its famous film festival at the Palais des Festivals for twelve days in May. But the rest of the year, the city does not fail to attract many tourists for its old town “Le Suquet” with colorful facades, its unmissable Forville market or its long promenade by the sea on Boulevard de la Croisette. .
The Champs-Elysees in Paris “Although the Champs-Élysées is an iconic and famous avenue in Paris, some visitors complain about the constant crowds of tourists, high prices and commercial atmosphere”.
On this point, we tend to agree. The famous avenue is certainly the “most beautiful avenue in the world” from a historical point of view but has also become an open-air shopping center. This clear opinion from ChatGPT highlights the fall in popularity of this now busy avenue by too many cars and tourists on a daily basis, and whose high restaurant prices and many shops put off more than one Parisian…