Although it still has the largest number of campsites in Europe, accounting for nearly one-third of the total, the number has declined over the past 20 years, warns the Fédération nationale de l'Hôtellerie de Plein Air (FNHPA), which advocates a "modernisation" of infrastructure, as other European countries have already done.
In 20 years the country has lost 1,600 campsites, passing from over 9,000 to 7,400 today. Over the same period the number of camp sites in Europe has remained broadly stable, even increasing in some countries.
