Expected holidaymakers are more numerous than before the health crisis, with a 3.5% increase compared to the February 2020 holidays.
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The forecast occupancy rate in ski resorts is 82% for the February holidays, which start on the weekend of February 5 for the academies in zone B (Strasbourg, Nancy-Metz, Reims, Lille, Amiens, Rouen, Caen, Rennes, Nantes, Orléans-Tours, Nice and Aix-Marseille), according to figures from the National Observatory of Mountain Stations, obtained by franceinfo.
Expected holidaymakers are more numerous than before the health crisis, with a 3.5% increase compared to the February 2020 holidays. “Many reservations have already fallen because we have stations that are 95% full, 100% for somerejoices on franceinfo Jean-Luc Boch, president of the National Association of Mayors of Mountain Resorts. We are at least equal on what happened in February 2020 and even for some stations, we are even above. After all, it’s skiing that brings people to the mountains.”
According to the National Observatory of Mountain Stations, it is mainly French customers who drive up the numbers, especially ski enthusiasts. European tourists are also starting to return, especially the British absent at Christmas, as well as the Dutch.
To be able to go to a ski resort, the vaccination pass and the wearing of a mask remain compulsory on the ski lifts and in the queues. The checks are random, but there is no longer an obligation to wear the mask outside in the streets of the stations.