Paris-Sana
The French government announced large losses in the tourism sector in the country, estimated at no less than thirty to forty billion euros, due to the Corona pandemic.
French Minister of State for Tourism, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, said in an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper today, "In normal circumstances, tourism generates revenues of about 180 billion euros ... Sixty billion of them come from international tourism." It seems that the direct impact and losses resulting from the epidemic are estimated to not Less than thirty to forty billion euros.
He added that "many tourism companies expect their sales and services to decrease by twenty to 25 percent by the end of this year."
Lemoyne pointed out that last month was a little encouraging in the tourism sector, but he warned that this recovery is fragile because "as soon as a new focus of the virus appears, the effect will be immediate on canceling stays and reservations."
