French Junior Minister for Tourism Leon Bertrand assured the world that France remains a safe place for tourists on Monday after some countries warned their citizens of extreme caution for travel in the country.

Australia, Austria, Britain, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Russia, Spain and the United States have warned their nationals of vigilance in traveling in the country after riots hit the French capital for the 10th night and spread to the whole country.

Bertrand blamed foreign media for misleading the public with headlines claiming "Paris is burning".

"Right now, tourism is not being targeted ... No tourists have been hit and the tourist spots have not been touched," he told a press conference.

The violence was sparked on October 27 after the accidental electrocution of two teenagers in an electrical sub-station who tried to flee a police identity check in Clichy-sous-bois, northeast Paris suburb.

Since then, rioting has spread to 200 city suburbs and towns, including Marseille, Nice, Toulouse, Lille, Rennes, Rouen, Bordeaux and Montpellier, and central Paris, according to French police.

One person died Monday from injuries sustained in a beating last week. More than 5,000 vehicles have been burned, including 1, 408 vehicles on the only night from Sunday to Monday, against 1, 295 on the night from Saturday to Sunday, police said.

At least 1,295 vehicles were burnt and 312 people arrested on the night from Saturday to Sunday, police said.

France, one of the world's top tourism destinations, attracts each year some 75 million tourists from all over the world.

Source: Xinhua