REPORTAGE
Futuroscope, in Poitiers, reopened on June 13 and, to date, it is the only amusement park in France to have Afnor certification, the label of the French Association for Standardization, ensuring a higher health standard. than the classic protocol imposed in places open to the public. It is an expensive device, but the park hopes to reassure the reception conditions in the face of the resurgence of the coronavirus, and therefore attract more people.
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Spray a powerful virucide throughout the park
Every night, between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., the same ballet takes place in the 18 attractions, the sanitary facilities but also the ten restaurants in the park; in full white overalls, employees of GSF Athéna carry out a nebulization by vaporizing a powerful virucide. "It is a relatively volatile product which evaporates easily. After an hour to an hour and a half the premises can be reused", assures the head of the disinfection teams. "We take a margin of two to three hours to be sure that visitors do not enter a perimeter that could be harmful."
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"Our visitors will be reassured, and word of mouth will bring the public back"
At 9:30 a.m., when the doors open, no square centimeter frequented by the public has escaped the operation. It is essential for Michel Bouin, the director of security at Futuroscope, despite a blow costing several hundred thousand euros for the year. "It costs, but tomorrow our visitors will be reassured, and word of mouth will bring the public back." It is therefore at this price that Futuroscope hopes to win back its clientele, which has gone from 15,000 visitors per day in high season to 6,000 this summer.