King Salman of Saudi Arabia is expected to arrive in France later on Friday for a Riveria beach holiday, bringing with him no fewer than 1,000 people from his entourage.
While the king's three-week visit is a boom for the local economy, it has also sparked anger due to the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party.
The king's inner circle will be put up at the family's private villa, which stretches across a kilometre of Riviera coastline between Antibes and Marseille.
Some 700 other members of his entourage will be accommodated at top hotels on the promenade in Cannes.
Hundreds of other Saudis will be following the king on his holiday – as is the tradition – bringing the total number of Saudi citizens flooding into the southern French beach resorts to around 1,000.
"Clearly this is good news," said Michel Chevillon, president of an association representing hotel managers in Cannes.
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