Many French people plan to leave during the next school holidays. Hoteliers expect rising occupancy rates until the end of the year, according to the Ministry of the Economy.
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Tourism should be in full swing in the coming weeks. According to the Ministry ofEeconomy, 36% of French people intend to get away for a few days for the All Saints’ Day holidays, from October 21 to November 6. These few days of interruption will mainly be short stays, and most often within the family. Between a sunny late season and a Rugby World Cup effect, tourism in France is in good shape and professionals are even expecting a record year. The sector has earned nearly 44 and a half billion euros since January, almost five billion more than in 2022.
Foreigners will also come to France, and significantly more than last year at the same time. Professionals predict 20% more Spaniards and Austrians, and almost as many Britons. They also expect 30% more Canadians and 15% more Japanese.
Prices up 20 to 30% last summer
Hoteliers are rubbing their hands, with occupancy rates expected to increase by three points until the end of the year. These figures were noted by the Ministry of the Economy before the latest tragic events abroad and in France, notably the Arras attack, but it is still too early to measure a possible change in behavior.
The surge in prices is the other shadow in this picture, with 20 to 30% last summer and almost another 10% in September. Bercy is once again launching an appeal for reason as the Paris 2024 Olympic Games approach, and asking traders not to excessively increase the bill.
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Another sensitive issue: the rise in prices of furnished rentals. The Minister for Tourism Olivia Grégoire wants a price observatory to be “put in place by the end of the year to allow consumers to be better informed about price variations over the last three to five years”. This observatory should concern “all categories of tourist rentals, including furnished rentals and traditional hotels” and should be “sustained” after the Games, said the minister’s office.