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Christmas holidays: the French book in the mountains but are still waiting for abroad

2021-11-23T15:53:43.480Z


In the mountains, they flirt with their pre-crisis level while the “last minute” prevails for stays abroad.


Are the French in a hurry to book their Christmas holidays?

Are they even ready to leave, at a time when new restrictive measures are multiplying?

The reality is obviously multiple, between the tourists who crisscross France and those who escape abroad.

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The Pierre & Vacances Center Parcs group is putting forward a few leads: “

To date, the occupancy rate for winter sports is the same as in November 2019. For the month of December, the signals are rather positive, subject to the 'evolution of the health situation

'.

Listed on the stock exchange, the European leader in local tourism cannot disclose more information before the publication of its 2020-2021 annual results in December.

However, he specifies that the ski areas of Portes du Soleil, La Plagne and Trois-Vallées are in the lead for the Christmas holidays.

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The National Association of Mountain Resort Mayors (ANMSM) for its part advances this first observation: the forecast occupancy rate from December 18 to January 1 is 61%, a limited decline of 6 points compared to the same period. two years ago.

It will refine its estimates in a fortnight.

The deprivations last year generated an influx of reservations in the mountains.

Both for Christmas and the February holidays, they are done earlier than usual

”, underlines its president Jean-Luc Boch.

"Last minute" abroad

If the mountain seems to have started well, the results are more mixed for the French who go abroad: “

They do it much later for fear of not being able to travel freely to the chosen destination. Usually, they take care of it when they return from the summer holidays, whereas they waited until October and even November this year,

”comments the president of Travel Companies Jean-Pierre Mas. According to him, tourism professionals are quite relaxed about the holidays, with the exception of certain destinations. "

The French are canceling their trip to the West Indies and uncertainty reigns in Morocco,

" he said.

For other destinations, the visibility is sufficient to distinguish the destinations popular in the sun by the French: the Canaries, the Dominican Republic, the United Arab Emirates and Mauritius. Jean-Pierre Mas, however, does not doubt that he will catch up in December: “

In skiing and abroad, we will return to attendance levels equivalent to those of 2019

”.

These last minute reservations, Club Med has been dealing with for several months.

In the summer of 2021, the weight of last-minute sales (less than 60 days) doubled compared to 2019 to reach 41%,

” said Thierry Orsoni, spokesperson for the group.

"

Overall, the end of the year celebrations have seen strong growth over the past four weeks with turnover up 66% compared to 2019

".

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Tourism professionals want to be mobilized for the serenity of travelers.

"

If the customer no longer wants to leave, almost all French airlines undertake to reimburse,

" says the president of Travel Companies.

Same story for Club Med, which offers to change their stay free of charge until D-Day in the event of unforeseen events linked to the Covid.

Source: lefigaro

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