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“Record” attendance in 2022 for the Strasbourg Christmas market, with 2.8 million visitors

2023-01-12T14:08:10.795Z


This 452nd edition saw “a significant increase” of “30%” in attendance compared to 2021, a year of “recovery” after the 2020 edition canceled due to the Covid epidemic.


The 2022 edition of the Strasbourg Christmas market experienced "

record

" attendance, with "

around 2.8 million visitors

", announced Thursday the ecologist town hall which, with 15% energy savings, has also congratulated on having exceeded its objectives.

This 452nd edition, organized from November 25 to December 24, saw "

a significant increase

" of "

30%

" in attendance compared to 2021, a year

of "recovery

" after the 2020 edition canceled due to the Covid epidemic. , said at a press conference Joël Steffen, the president of the Strasbourg tourist office.

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Compared to 2019, "

a good edition

" which was held a year after the Islamist attack which killed five people, attendance in 2022 is also up "

by 10%

", he added.

In its boom years, the Christkindelsmärik (the Alsatian name for the Christmas market, which has been held in Strasbourg since 1570) welcomed between 2 and 2.5 million visitors, according to the same source.

"

The work bears fruit (...) people realize that we are thinking

" and "

that we are acting

", welcomed Guillaume Libsig, deputy in charge of urban activities.

15% energy savings

In a tense economic and energy context, the town hall headed by Jeanne Barseghian has taken major energy saving measures and redesigned the location of more than 300 chalets in the center of Strasbourg.

Exhibitors were thus required to light their chalets with LEDs and the schedules had also been adapted, with a closing at 8 p.m., including on weekends.

The illuminations had also been shortened by a week.

We had a target of 10% savings (energy), we made 15%

”, underlined Guillaume Libsig.

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Among the phenomena that can explain these "

excellent figures

", a "

confidence

" found "

in the event

" and "

in the relationship to the pandemic

", to which is added "

a desire for events (...) reassuring, convivial

" , estimated for his part Joël Steffen.

"

Christmas is a landmark event (...) The question we are asking is is this exceptional edition contextual

", between the Covid and the energy crisis, "

or the structural model, the new base of attendance

", declared Guillaume Libsig, considering that it will be necessary to add the "

reliable data

" over a few years to know if this model is "

usable

”.

Source: lefigaro

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