The government wants to "reform" the National Agency for holiday vouchers so that more employees, especially small and medium-sized businesses, can have access to it "this summer," Secretary of State Gabriel Attal announced on Thursday. "Today, 4 million employees are beneficiaries of this device financed by companies. By making the regulatory framework more flexible, we want to double the number," he told Le Monde newspaper , on the sidelines of the interministerial tourism committee. which was held on Thursday.
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Launched in 1982, this system of purchase coupons subsidized by works councils is accepted by more than 210,000 tourism professionals (transport, accommodation, culture, etc.) with the aim of promoting holidays for the greatest number.
"Open this market to competing operators"
The Secretary of State, commissioned to work on a plan to leave on vacation for all after the coronavirus crisis, pleads to "reform the National Agency for Holiday Vouchers (ANCV) so that more businesses, especially SMEs and TPE, use it this summer. "
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"The agency today has a virtual monopoly for the distribution of these holiday vouchers, we will open this market to competing operators, which will make it possible to reach other audiences, such as traders, small businesses. . ", he explains.
Government wants to modernize social tourism associations
Recalling that each year three million children do not go on vacation, or a quarter of the pupils in France, the Secretary of State also announces that nearly 225 million euros "will be released to modernize the structures" of associations of social tourism that offer vacation stays.
"We want social tourism, which allows low-income families to leave, not to be swept away by the crisis. All social tourism associations can claim it, provided they carry a sustainable and ecological project," he continues.
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On the issue of financial access to summer camps, on average 500 euros per week per child, "the government is working on a specific support project for this summer", which should be announced in June, he said. The measures should include specific solutions for the 1.3 million children living in the city's political districts, "an absolute priority", according to Gabriel Attal. One avenue could be to extend the system of "open schools" to 400,000 children, who welcome around 70,000 children each year by offering school in the morning, and sports and culture in the afternoon, he adds.