If you can't go on vacation, it's vacation that will come to you. Less than a week before the start of deconfinement, tourism professionals are still in the dark about summer vacations. While the president of the French Association of tourism experts, Patrick Vicériat, feared this Wednesday morning on Europe 1 a white season, an interministerial council is to be held on May 14 to address these questions. But Emmanuel Macron has already warned that announcements regarding summer vacations will not be made before June.
While waiting to be fixed on their fate, some professionals have taken the lead to allow the French to go on vacation from their sofa. In "La France Bouge" on Europe 1, Raphaëlle Duchemin and her guests highlight some of these initiatives.
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Transform your living room into a holiday club with Confin'Anim
Finding the activities of a holiday club in their living room is the idea of Confin'Anim, the first confined version holiday club. Born on social networks, this initiative allows "to bring joy and support in the face of gloom", explains to the microphone of Europe 1 Sophie Soubielle, her co-founder. As in a real club, the activities "are linked seven days a week in a festive atmosphere with a program that starts at 10:30 am and continues until the evening". Sports, dance initiation, cooking workshops ... there is something for everyone. "We have a team of 14 facilitators, some of whom are confined to foreign countries, but also speakers from several fields who participate."
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Visit the great pyramids of Egypt with a guide from your sofa ...
Despite the confinement, it is still possible to travel and learn more about a new culture. Personal Traveler offers "virtual trips via interactive sessions with local French-speaking guides", summarizes Béatrice Peyrelongue, the founder of the company. "At the end of April, we made our first trip on the theme of Egypt, with the visit of the pyramids."
A new way of traveling which allows "to understand perhaps better" the explanations of the guide than "if we were there", even advises Béatrice Peyrelongue. "The guide also shows sectional plans of the buildings, it is very useful, especially for the burial chamber in the pyramid".
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... or explore Tarn-et-Garonne
If Egypt is a destination too far away for you, the Tarn-et-Garonne has set up "nine visits to explore the department". Virtual tours that allow you to discover a part of the French "heritage", but also to seduce potential future visitors. "We are a countryside department which will surely be a destination of choice after the deconfinement", anticipates Caroline Manens, the director of Tarn-et-Garonne Tourisme. In addition to visits, the "orchard of the Southwest" also highlights its gastronomy with recipes and "cocktails made in Tarn-et-Garonne".
Professionals in the sector are also preparing for the possibility of welcoming the public this summer, while respecting sanitary measures. Several initiatives are thus set up, and are detailed by the other guests of Raphaëlle Duchemin, in La France bouge. They are to be discovered by listening to this Wednesday's program: