Not far from two millions of tourists lost in a year : the note is salt, for Paris and the Ile-de-France, where hotels such as restaurants, have still not recovered to their clientele foreign and French after the terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015.
“We are forced to see the disastrous impact of the terrorist attacks that have hit our country on the tourism figures,” said the end of October the minister of foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault, in charge of the sector.
For the whole of france, the international arrivals between the 1st January and the 31st of October fell by 8.1%, according to government data. What are the Japanese (-39%), which have the most deserted France, followed by China (-23%), Germans (-10,8%) and Us (-4%).
The Ile-de-France suffers
For the single Ile-de-France, the decline in tourist numbers translates to 1.8 million tourists (foreign and French) or less, in the first eight months of the year, compared to the same period in 2015, tells the AFP Frédéric Valletoux, president of the regional tourism Committee (CRT). The total figure for last year was 47 million foreign tourists and French in the paris region, according to the CRT. “The shortfall is estimated at nearly one billion euros. And if we stay on this trend, the year 2016 is completed on the 1.5 bn euros”, says Frédéric Valletoux.
Even the great parisian palaces have had to adapt to the lack of customers: in August, some have closed entire floors. And “contracts CDD have not been renewed,” says Christophe Laure, the branch prestige of the Umih, the main organization for the hospitality industry, according to which it will take “between 12 and 24 months before the destination would be reconsidered”.
similar argument in the giant AccorHotels 400 institutions in Paris and reported a 30% decline in its customer leisure in the third quarter.
And when the hotel industry is suffering, “the restoration by ricochet: she’s still hit full-on, in Paris and on the Côte d’azur, with drops in sales of 20% in the capital. The months of July, August, September have been very bad for this sector,” noted the president of the Umih, Roland Héguy.
to Promote the destination France
To bring back the tourists tormented by the attacks of the 13th of November 2015 in Paris and near the stade de France (130 dead), and then the one in Nice on the 14 July (86 dead), the government has made available in September € 10 million to promote the destination France.
An inter-ministerial committee on tourism, led by Manuel Valls, will be held on Monday, at the end of which the government should announce measures in the field of security, such as a reinforcing means on the tourist sites.
“The safety is the first imperative,” insisted the Alliance 46.2, an organization that brings together 20 major tourism-related businesses (Galleries Lafayette, Kering, Elior, AccorHotels, Aéroports de Paris…) and that proposes the establishment of a “specific organisation” of the police for Paris and the small crown, specifically targeting petty criminals and organized gangs that détroussent tourists.
Only positive point in the landscape, the summer has certainly not been good for the hotel but he will have benefited AirBnb, which was recorded between June and September, an activity increase of 20% in France, for a total of 3.5 million travelers. The platform rental apartments with 80,000 rooms in Paris, against 83.000 in traditional hospitality, a “competition” judged “unfair” by the Umih.
Source AFP
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