(TAN): Paris is expected to see a fall of 70% in leisure tourism, PledgeTimes reported.
“Given the cancellations of events, postponements of congresses… we will lose at least 30% of the (EUR) 15 billion that this represents in economic benefits,” the report quoted Corrine Menegaux, director-general of the Tourist and Convention Office, as saying.
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“Today, we have around 55% of hotel openings in Paris… The occupancy rate, when we accumulate at the end of August, is less than 30# whereas we are more usually at 78%, so that shortfall is colossal, with a great risk in particular for independent hoteliers… who even find it difficult to consider reopening because the charges are much greater than the prospect they could have,” she added.
Paris is among the world’s most visited cities.
