French Interior Minister Manuel Valls (2ndL) and Junior Minister of Crafts, Business and Tourism Sylvia Pinel (C) speaks with French soldiers patrolling near the Eiffel Tower in Paris August 2, 2013 during a tour focused on security at the city's top tourist areas. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Friday it would work harder to safeguard tourists in Paris after a spate of muggings of Asian visitors made such headlines in China that the Chinese embassy demanded action.
Interior and Tourism Ministers Manuel Valls and Sylvia Pinel said on a tour of the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower that 200 police had been put on patrol to protect tourists and steps were being taken to help foreigners prevent and report crime.
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