While the season was supposed to resume in early April with the Easter holidays, the life of Puy du Fou, the second French leisure park behind Disneyland Paris with 2.3 million visitors per year, is at a standstill.
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"Most of our 2,500 staff are partially unemployed, 150 in teleworking and 60 continue to feed our 2,000 animals, details Le Figaro Nicolas de Villiers, president and CEO of Puy du Fou. We are losing 1 million euros a day at the moment, which will represent a shortfall of 50 million euros, or 40% of our annual turnover, until deconfinement on 11 May. ”
So the young Vendean entrepreneur, who has invested 62 million euros in new activities this season, including the "Wedding of Fire", a poetic night show, is in a hurry for the activity to resume. Especially since he did not understand why the Prime Minister asked the French on Sunday not to book their summer vacation. "On what scientific basis
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