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I think we saved the summer in a context that was not obvious,
" says Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, the Secretary of State for Tourism, invited this morning to the microphone of LCI.
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A few days before the start of the school year which marks the end of the summer holidays, the Secretary of State in charge of tourism drew up a rapid but positive assessment of the summer for French tourism.
The Mountain as a summer destination
While the Delta variant has progressed everywhere on the coast mainly due to the flow of tourists to holiday destinations, the Secretary of State attributes this “
successful
”
summer in particular
to the establishment of the health pass which allows tourist establishments to stay open. "
We can see that in the areas where the White Plan was triggered in hospitals, we managed to continue the summer season thanks to the braking measures, thanks to the health pass ...
", confided this morning Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne .
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85% of French people who went on vacation this summer stayed in France
", according to the Secretary of State.
It should be noted that the season recorded “
very good performances
” for the campsites, the lodgings which experienced a growth of 10% compared to 2019 in July.
If the coast is still very successful, the mountain has also "
found its colors
" assures Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne.
After the closure of the ski lifts which slowed down the attractiveness of the resorts this winter, “
the mountains have also been very successful
” with the Pyrenees in the lead, which saw + 24% in attendance this summer.
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The holidays are having their last fires
" but the Secretary of State hopes to see the summer continue with a late season for the benefit of tourism players. In particular, “
the resumption of travel for groups of seniors
” and the revival, little by little, of the “
events
” sector, particularly important in Paris with the return of all holidaymakers,
are expected
. Until then, the meeting scheduled for August 30 with the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, should make it possible to enlighten the actors of the tourism sector on the evolution of the government's support measures and to precisely measure the impacts. of the health pass over the season.
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