Translate the following English sentence to French:
"Mr President, I would like to begin with some words of optimism, which came to us in the form of the High-Level Group communication of October 1998, the first page of which said that by the end of the next decade, it would be possible to create between 2 200 000 e 3 300 000 new jobs in tourism activities in the Union."
Monsieur le Président, Messieurs les Commissaires, je voudrais commencer mon intervention par quelques paroles optimistes qui nous étaient offertes dans la communication du groupe de haut niveau en octobre 1998.