The French government has estimated the losses of the tourism sector due to the Corona pandemic at at least 30 to 40 billion euros, in light of the disappearance of a part of international customers.
According to CNBC Arabia, Minister of State for Tourism Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said in an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche in normal times, tourism generates 180 billion euros in revenue Sixty billion of them come from international tourism. The direct impact of the epidemic amounts to at least 30 to 40 billion euros.
He added, "Several operators are telling us that their sales will decrease by 20-25% by the end of the year.
He continued, the French are heavily involved in reviving the tourism sector by favoring France, and 70% of those who took leave chose to stay in their country.
"In normal times, France receives 17 million foreign tourists every summer, while 9 million French travel abroad, and some of these international customers have disappeared," he said.
However, Lemoyne considered that the number of Belgian, German, Italian and Spanish tourists wishing to go to France in September (...) is greater than in July / July-August.
The French minister also said that the month of July was encouraging, explaining that he hoped that August would be an excellent one. But he stressed that this recovery is fragile because once a new focus appears, the effect is immediate to cancel stays and reservations.
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