This summer, due to the coronavirus crisis, many French people have chosen to stay in France for their summer holidays, and it is in particular the mountain destinations that could benefit. While the mountains have been the second favorite destination for the French for three years, behind the seaside, the need for fresh air for holidaymakers is confirmed, and the occupancy rate is already very reassuring, which allows professionals to breathe.
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However, three weeks ago, these professionals had almost no reservations. But today, the occupancy rate is equivalent to that of last summer, with longer stays. Some even predict a better season than last year, like in Tignes or Les Arcs, in the Alps.
"We have a fairly marked start"
Ditto in Peyragudes, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, where the station has strongly developed its summer activities for two years, and displays an unexpected reservation rate for the coming days, according to its director Laurent Garcia. "What we can see in the first week of July, that is to say from Saturday, is that there are three times more people who booked than last year, with a rate of occupancy of the apartments of 60% against 20% last year. It is the same for the second week of July. We all have in mind the months of July which always start slowly. Until July 20, often, c 'is rather winded, and here we have a fairly marked start ".
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The most reserved are individual houses and chalets, just like tourist residences. Hotel attendance, on the other hand, is down 50%. Finally, the mountain also hopes to benefit this year from a beautiful late season with the Tour de France postponed to September.
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