Should it not be office DE tourisme?

J. S.C1Kwiziq community member

Should it not be office DE tourisme?

The full text says office DU tourisme, and my de was corrected to du.  I thought it was de and the admittedly unreliably Google translate says de ... but even the vocab list at the beginning of the lesson says de.  Merci.

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

JS, 

It is not just the transcript, the speaker clearly says ‘ l’office du tourisme …’.     

The general term is ‘ office de tourisme ‘. 

However, when referring to a specific office, particularly  such as in the case here  ‘ office of (the) tourism of Ajaccio ‘ it is more common to use ‘ office du (de le ) tourisme d’Ajaccio ‘. 

When offices fill multiple general functions eg ‘ Office de tourisme, (des loisirs) et des congrès ’ or similar, it usually remains ‘ de tourisme ‘.

https://www.entreprises.gouv.fr/espace-entreprises/s-informer-sur-la-reglementation/les-offices-de-tourisme

https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g187211-d8737191-Reviews-Office_du_Tourisme_Arles_Camargue-Arles_Bouches_du_Rhone_Provence_Alpes_Cote_d_Az.html 

https://australie-a-la-carte.com/office-du-tourisme-australie 

https://www.office-tourisme-usa.com/preparez-votre-voyage/formalites-dentree/

https://www.marseille-tourisme.com/ 

https://en.canaldes2mersavelo.com/useful-information/tourist-offices/office-de-tourisme-et-des-congres-de-bordeaux-metropole

Tom A.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

It can be either (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_de_tourisme) but I think it's more commonly expressed with a de

J. S. asked:

Should it not be office DE tourisme?

The full text says office DU tourisme, and my de was corrected to du.  I thought it was de and the admittedly unreliably Google translate says de ... but even the vocab list at the beginning of the lesson says de.  Merci.

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