“Of course there is going to be a big slowdown in tourism during the Olympic Games,”
says Stéphane Manigold, president of Umih Grand Paris, the largest professional union of restaurateurs and hoteliers in the region.
Before and during, there will be fewer people.
But the months and years that follow could be extraordinary.”
The exorbitant prices charged for certain hotel rooms and seasonal rentals since the start of the September school year suggested that demand for attending the world's biggest sporting event would reach a stratospheric level.
Wrongly.
Certainly, some fans have broken the bank for a while to be there and find accommodation.
But there are still places left for the opening ceremony today and Parisian accommodations are far from full.
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