Travellers have been significantly affected by the current situation in transportation and this has led to many cancellations of hotel bookings. People prefer to postpone their travel date in hopes that the disturbances will stop. By our partner MKG Consulting. December had got off to a good start for French hoteliers with an increase in occupancy over the first 3 days, whether in the capital or in the provinces, but from the day before the strikes were underway, occupancy rates began to decline.
There was slight improvement over the weekend, suggesting that mainly business customers had anticipated the strikes by postponing their stay. In the provinces, not all cities have been affected in the same way. While cities such as Bordeaux, Nice and Reims show stable levels of traffic compared to last year, Strasbourg, with its Christmas market, Rouen and Nantes, show a 10 percentage point drop in their occupancy rates. Indeed, while the number of visitors is stable compared to the previous edition, the train strike prevented many tourists not living in the Lyon area from coming to stay in the capital of the Gauls see Graph 2 Cumulative trend in occupancy from December 4 to Professionals awaiting union decisions Over the next few days, the booking situation in the capital shows that the second half of December should be slightly better than last year, provided that the situation does not worsen and that the tide of cancellations is stopped.
It is important to note that last year at this time the yellow vests movement had started and was already beginning to impact the hotel business. You have consulted 10 content. Tourism in France is plagued.
After the terrorist attacks of November 13, in Paris, and those in Brussels in March 22, , today, the sector is faced with a series of bad news. Gloomy weather, flooding, strikes and an uninspiring economic situation. Add the recent declarations of the American State Department warning that the threat of terrorism remains very high in Europe. The overnight stays of foreign clients keep on dropping Paris is more impacted. Autres articles. Yet, there are disparities depending on the regions.
Finally, the strikes and the overflow add to the damage. The operations of Vedettes de Paris and other operators on the Seine could resume on Saturday.
Drop of foreign visitors in Ile de France. Another conundrum for tourism professionals: the state of emergency. The social climate is also detrimental, we look like an instable and unsafe country in the eyes of others, in which a handful of unionists make the rules.
In late May and early June , it records a brutal stop in reservations. And the Football Euro will not break records. He expects a monthly turnover of 5 to 6 million euros instead of What about the Euro?
Locatour: this will be a last minute summer. The tour-operator specialized in France recorded a steep rise with its sales doubling compared to the same period last year. Considering the context, we are rather satisfied, even though the results are well below our initial projections.
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