The summer was okay for those involved in tourism in the Somme, in particular on the coast. And the All Saints holidays are shaping up well. “Our headquarters are recording an increasing number of reservations. Even if reservations are always made at the last minute, or even now at the last second depending on the weather factor. But for the moment we are arriving at a good occupancy rate in terms of lodgings and furnished apartments. We have between 65 and 70% occupancy rate, knowing that we have around 200 lodgings in reservations at the Somme Tourisme reservation center.
Last year it was much lower
“If we compare to the figures of last year, there is a fairly significant growth. On the other hand, if we compare to the results of the year 2009, we are a little lower. That said, once again, the customers wait to book at the last moment and we can still have very good surprises “, specifies the director of Somme Tourisme, François Bergez.
Activities that can be done as a family work very well
“Hiking, of course, but also activities such as cycling. Today, there are more and more bicycle rental companies throughout the territory and it is a way of discovering the territory and the whole. small villages that make up our destination in a very gentle and pleasant way with the family. If the weather is not nice? There are of course several sites to visit indoors, such as the Maison de la Baie, such as the Picardy museum in Amiens , like the Maison Jules-Verne. There are enough facilities and museums open. I am also thinking of the east of the department which today has a deficit of foreign customers. And therefore, museums like the Historial de the Great War, the Musée Somme 1916, are very fine museums to visit in rainy weather. “