The Côte d'Azur is about to experience its third summer without Russian tourists.
In 2020 they didn't come because of the Covid pandemic.
In 2021, it was because of the Sputnik vaccine, which the European health pass does not recognize.
This year, the war waged by Russia in Ukraine is once again depriving professionals (hoteliers, restaurateurs, yacht rental companies, etc.) of their wealthiest clientele.
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The Nice Côte d'Azur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) has estimated the shortfall at 50 million euros, for 2022. The Russians alone had generated 7% of tourist receipts on the Côte d'Azur. Azur, in 2019. 30% of them spend more than 200 euros per day and per person, according to the regional tourism committee (CRT).
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Staying a week to ten days - in 5-star hotels and palaces, when they do not have their own villa - Russians represented 4.5% of foreign overnight stays in the region before the crisis, and up to 10% in August.
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