An economic disaster. Cafes and restaurants will not be included in the deconfinement plan, and will have to remain closed well after May 11. As for the hotels, which are not closed administratively, they no longer have customers.
For the sector, which represents 220,000 cafes, hotels and restaurants, it is anxiety. Especially since the summer season for tourism in France promises to be very difficult: foreigners will certainly be lacking, and the French alone will not save the revenue. According to Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of the Economy, entrepreneurs in the sector will have priority in a plan to cancel (and not defer) charges, which is currently being drawn up. Good news. An imperative even, to avoid cascading bankruptcies.
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“What happens is a catastrophic scenario for cafes, hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and everything related to tourism (events, festivals, travel agencies, campsites, tourist residences…), insists Roland Héguy,
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