With the closure of the ski lifts and even if the ski resorts remain accessible, the businesses very established in altitude consider themselves “
sacrificed
” and say they are “
the big ones forgotten
” of the government aid systems.
"
We recognize that all businesses linked to tourists or present in international tourist areas are affected, but we exclude any food trade
", is surprised Monday the president of the Sherpa stores cooperative, Olivier Carrié, to AFP .
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Its 117 points of sale, all located in mountain resorts, “
work almost - even exclusively - only with tourists who come if the lifts work,
” he explains.
Sherpa says it achieves “
85% of its annual turnover during the winter season
”, and “
20% exclusively during the Christmas period
”.
"
Do we need a new characteristic to define the scope (of companies eligible for aid, editor's note)?
This can be food trade in stations, in tourist mountain areas
, ”he argues, asking to meet with the government and also saying that he is defending“
small food businesses in the mountains
”with“
Saveurs Commerce
”, a federation“
representing the local food trade specialists
”.
The latter asks in a statement Monday to Bercy, "
as for the actors of tourism, a compensation of 20% of the turnover of 2019 if the loss is greater than 70% over the period considered and of 15% if the loss is between 50 and 70%
”.
As for Intersport, it is its general manager Corinne Gensollen who wrote, in a letter to its members on Friday, that "
with the closure of the ski lifts, more than 70% of our turnover will be 'fly away
'.
She considers the group "
sacrificed in the same way as our restaurant friends, ski instructors or indoor sports halls
" and mentions "
a zero ski rental activity (50% of our activity) and a sales activity reduced by half due to from the collapse of the infill
”.
Thursday, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced aid "
from 15% to 20%
" of turnover to companies in sectors affected by the crisis such as hotels, tourism or events, and whose turnover business has fallen "by
at least half
".
This support has subsequently seen its compensation ceiling increased to 200,000 euros per month on Saturday.
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