The burnt garbage cans and the images of battle between demonstrators and police in the streets of Paris are not the best publicity for the City of Light among foreign tourists.
“It does not give a good image, necessarily
, notes Christophe Decloux, director general of the regional tourism committee (CRT) Paris Île-de-France.
But, at this time, we are not seeing any cancellations or even postponements.”
However, this episode should not last too long, especially for garbage collection, a particularly disturbing element for Japanese tourists, in particular.
“This is not the first crisis that we have to face”
, relativizes the leader, however.
And to recall that the "yellow vests" episode had no impact in terms of performance since the year 2019, where Parisian weekends were frequently disrupted by their violent demonstrations, allowed the Île-de- France to record its best historical performance with 51 million…
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