A SHANGHAI tourist has told how she was robbed outside a hotel in Paris at the weekend.

Yan Fei, 44, told Shanghai Daily that after she got off a coach at the Kyriad Prestige Hotel late on Saturday and was collecting her luggage, a man rushed toward her, grabbed the bag she was carrying and fled.

She said several bankcards, more than 10,000 yuan (US$1,626), a cellphone and ID card were stolen.