Have you witnessed that in France? I spent some time in the southern part of the country last year but saw nothing regarding drone enforcement, stoked and proactive, or otherwise. And I didn't see or hear about anyone condoning illegal smuggling...
Had the same issue when I went to Aruba. They make it extremely hard to fly legally. You need to file when, where, time and distance for EVERY flight 48 hours in advance. That's why I didn't take my drone.
I strongly encourage you NOT to do this. You do not want to be caught up in a foreign countries legal system. Can end up being way more expensive then you think and ruin your vacation.
First of all, that's not accurate at all. You can fly in State and Federal parks with permits. You can fly over stadiums, just not an hour before or after a game and only if the stadium is of a specific size. And as for signs, not worth the...
There's many areas in the US where you can't fly as well. Usually state and federal parks, stadiums, and so on not to mention wherever anybody sticks a sign up.
Usually when traveling in any country those are the tourist sites you go to. They...