“In France, tourism is not considered as an economic sector in its own right, but as a distraction,
regrets Henri Giscard d'Estaing, president of Club Med.
However, the sector represents 10% of the GDP and more than 12% of jobs.
Half of the decline in the economy in 2020 is attributable to the tourism and leisure sector.
The revival of the economy will necessarily go through that of tourism.
It should be a national priority. ”
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The explosion in bookings from French people who have decided to spend their holidays in France is not enough to reassure this key player in the sector.
Much remains to be done to relaunch the destination France, which before the crisis targeted 100 million foreign tourists per year.
For the moment, only the Americans have resumed traveling outside their borders, the Chinese not having the right to leave their country.
The effect of vaccination
“In the United States, reservations in our Cancun, Punta Cana and Turks & Caicos (Bahamas) villages are higher than those
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