Hoteliers and restaurateurs are worried about decreases in turnover and cancellations in recent days for the end of the year celebrations and ask that the aid granted to discotheques which will close from Friday for four weeks, be extended to the rest of the sector.
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"The revival of tourism will be mission impossible: we are entering a new crossing of the desert with many uncertainties"
, worries Roland Héguy, president of Umih, the main union of the hotel and restaurant industry.
According to a survey carried out by Umih to which 3,261 member companies responded (including 58% restaurants and brasseries, 14% bars or cafes and 15.7% hotel-restaurants), almost one in two (47% ) report an estimate of lost sales for December ranging from 10 to 30%, and nearly one in three (30.5%) from 30 to 50%.
9 out of 10 professionals register cancellations
“And for caterers, the loss of turnover is incredible, reaching 70%. The sector is standing KO ",
told AFP Mr. Héguy, who calls on the government to
" better reassure "
and to
" call to control the health pass and respect the health protocols ",
failing which
" the whole chain of tourism will be shaken ”.
As for the self-employed in the sector, nearly 9 out of 10 professionals say
"
they
have recorded cancellations from their customers following the health measures taken
" to counter the 5th wave of the Covid-19 epidemic, says their employers' organization, the GNI, referring to a
"nightmarish"
situation
.
According to her, the loss of turnover reached 50% for half of the establishments, while a
"wave of cancellations"
affects the end of year celebrations, with
"the ban on dance from the 10 December ”
, in bars and restaurants where this activity was authorized.
Extension of the aid requested from the government
In this context, the support measures announced by the Ministry of the Economy for discotheques,
"100% fixed-cost aid, partial activity without out-of-pocket expenses and exemption from Social Security contributions, must be extended to the whole. companies in the sector and even strengthened
”, estimates the GNI.
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And that, that the companies
"are closed by decision of the government"
as the discotheques, or not,
"the implemented sanitary measures producing the same effect",
he says.
The professional organizations of the sector are to be received next week by Minister Bruno Le Maire on a date as yet undetermined.
