In Nice, the hotel occupancy was 88%, or 4.6 percentage points less than in 2019 on the first fortnight of August.
On the mediterranean coast French, Nice has limited the case in terms of hotel occupancy despite the outbreak of Covid-19, while Marseille has recorded a rise in August, told AFP this Wednesday, with the two cities.
In Nice, high-place of tourism on the Côte d'azur, "the rate of hotel occupancy was 88%, or 4.6 percentage points less than in the year 2019" on the first 15 days of August, " said mayor Christian Estrosi. According to him, in the absence of the traditional clientele of asian, Russian or american, are "essentially" the French tourists, and "a few" Europeans - Belgians, Swiss, Germans, Dutch and Italians in particular - have helped to fill the hotels of the city.
However, as in July, Nice had filled its hotels at the height of 51.1%, and only up to 14% in June, Christian Estrosi spoke of the total for the city "a summer season in net withdrawal".
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On the other hand, in Marseille, the second city of France, "the trend shows a strong increase of tourist traffic" particularly from 15 July, indicated to the AFP the officer-in-charge of the sustainable tourism and economic dynamism Laurent Lhardit.
"from the 1st to The 15th of August, in the aggregate over the whole of the hotel, there is an occupancy rate in Marseille of 91%, an evolution of +4.3 percentage points compared to 2019 where it was a little less than 87%", he indicated, noting that this increase was also visible on the tourism activities offered in the city, dives, marine excursions etc...
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He stressed, however, that it is only a "balance sheet" step, the data set is not yet available on the tourism sector. In Marseilles also, the clientele is French is the engine this year, and represents, according to the first elements available 80% of the visitors compared to 50% in the years leading up to the coronavirus.
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Date Of Update: 01 September 2020, 08:58
