Provence Tourisme launched Thursday the operation "Support your restaurant", to help the sector closed since Monday because of the coronavirus, by offering 6,000 passes at 50 euros to spend in partner restaurants across the Bouches-du-Rhône, or 300,000 euros in total.
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Provence Tourisme could not remain idle
", underlined Danielle Milon, president of this organization which depends on the department and LR mayor of Cassis, during a videoconference of press.
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This industry has been on the front line since March, the first to close, sometimes the last to reopen
", recalled the elected, indicating that the catering sector weighs for 14% in the local tourist economy, or 380 million euros per year.
The “pass tables” can be won on the Provence Tourisme website after asking a question about local cuisine such as “
what flour are panisses made from?
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You can spend this pass all at once for a minimum order of 50 euros, either in partner restaurants in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille that offer take-away to compensate for their closure, or in other establishments open in the department.
If the bill is more than 50 euros, the consumer pays the difference.