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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Amelia Neath

Paris restaurants caught ripping off American tourists with inflated prices

Le Parisien conducted an experiment to investigate restaurant pricing strategies - (Getty Images)

Tourists visiting Paris restaurants are being charged as much as 50 per cent more than French customers, an investigation by Le Parisien has found.

After several online complaints about the practice, the French newspaper conducted an experiment. It sent two journalists to the same restaurant at the same time: one in disguise as an American tourist, the other as a typical Parisien.

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