France boosts support for tourism as Covid eats €270bn out of global sector

Coronavirus, a ‘disaster’ for the Parisian tourism industry

The Louvre in Paris will open its doors with losses of 40 million euros and 80% fewer visits, while foreign visitors stay at home

the coronavirus crisis charges the global tourism sector 273 billion euros in coins lost in the first five months of 2020. “reactive to data — “36” – The French government’s commitment follows a UN announcement that the coronavirus crisis has charged the global tourism sector with 273 billion euros in losses in the first five months of 2020.

The World Tourism Organization (WTO) said in a statement. “Reagent to Data:” 37 “Losses between January and May are” more than 3 times more than the loss of the 2009 global economic crisis,” the United Nations Madrid (UNWTO) said in a statement.

International tourist arrivals were reduced by three hundred million, or 56 in accordance with the penny, this period consistent with the advent of blocking restrictions to adjust the spread of Covid-19.

“This thoughtless knowledge demonstrates the importance of renaissance tourism once they do so. The dramatic fall of foreign tourism is endangering millions of livelihoods,” said the institution’s secretary general, Zurab Pololikashvili.

While tourism is slowly returning to a couple of destinations, UNWTO warned that sand suntil faces serious risks, such as a resurgence of the virus that can also cause new blockades, more restrictions and border closures.

The United States and China, two main resources of foreign tourists, are “at a standstill,” he added.

The UN framework predicted in May that foreign tourist arrivals may also fall by 60-80% by 2020 due to coronavirus.

While European visitors have partly made up for the loss of visitors from the Americas and Asia, most of France’s hospitality businesses and cultural sites are still suffering, with visits to the Louvre museum down 60 percent. 

 

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