(ANSA) - PARIS, NOV 25 - Emmanuel Macron had not yet concluded his 25-minute speech to announce the end of the lockdown, which the French launched last night on the train reservation sites to grab all the places necessary to spend the holidays outside the city with the family.
According to sources from the SNCF railways, in just one minute after the announcement that it will be possible to return to travel from one region to another, ticket sales have increased by 400%.
"We will be able to move again, without self-certification, even from region to region - these are the words of the president who started the ticket race at 20:07 - and spend Christmas with the family".
After a minute, sales were up.
SNCF, in anticipation of what occurred on time, had strengthened the teams on duty last night on the booking platforms and today extraordinary shifts have been scheduled for the counter staff of the large stations.
Bookings for rental cars are also on the rise, while airline companies are also awaiting improvement in terms of bookings for longer journeys.
For this reason, they rely heavily on antigen tests, considered the best way to help the resumption of air traffic, hard hit by the pandemic.
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