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France's most famous travel guide publisher

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The Hitchhiker's Guide, the essential guide for globetrotters 29/07/2024

  • 1971: Philippe Gloaguen sets off on a trip to India.
  • - 1973: writing of the first Guide du Routard.
  • - 1975: Hachette publishes the first Guide.
  • - 1994: the Guide du Routard becomes the leading tourist guide collection in France, Switzerland and Belgium.
  • - Number of guides: 180, covering almost the entire globe, with the exception of high-risk countries.
  • - The Guide du Routard is reissued every year.
  • - Themes: French regions, brand partnerships, weekend getaways, van travel, SNCF train travel, corporate visits, responsible tourism with zero-carbon ideas.
  • - team: 22 specialized writers, 35 freelancers, some twenty editors.
  • - Publication rate: between 2 and 2.5 million copies a year.

Routard, quinqua in top form after the Covid hiatus 29/05/2023

  • Travel reduced to a minimum during the pandemic crisis.
  • Le Routard is the best-selling travel guide in France.
  • 55 million copies sold since its launch in 1973.

The huge success of the Routard guide 19/04/2023

  • Sales of 26 million euros forecast for 2023
  • 50 years of the Guide du Routard 55 million copies sold since its creation
  • Between 2 and 2.5 million books sold each year
  • 30% market share for the Routard in France
  • More than 50 authors (22 permanent authors and some 30 freelancers)
  • Approximately 3 million euros in annual royalties
  • More than 150 editions of the Guide du Routard
  • Routard website: 50% owned by Hachette and 50% by Routard

Le Routard, 50 years and 55 million copies sold 18/04/2023

  • The Le Routard travel guide has sold 55 million copies in five decades.
  • Between 2 and 2.5 million copies are sold annually in France
  • 150 titles
  • The Routard website is owned 50% by Hachette and 50% by Le Routard
  • Le Routard employs 22 authors and around 30 freelancers
  • Sales forecast for 2023 are 26 million euros.

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