The government encourages the French to book their All Saints holidays -

Alexei Pavlishak / TASS / Sipa USA / SIPA

"We will do everything" so that the tourist season "until Christmas can unfold.

And I urge the French to book "for the All Saints' Day holidays, said Secretary of State for Tourism Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne at the end of an Interministerial Committee dedicated to the sector (CIT) in full rise of the Covid -19.

"Professionals reiterated their commitments, made on May 14," during a previous interministerial committee, "that canceled reservations cost nothing to the French" and "health security is there," he said. added, noting a 50% drop in bookings compared to the same time last year.

Events "still quite hampered"

After Aix-Marseille and Paris, Lyon, Lille, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne went into maximum alert zone last Thursday and France is "in a second strong wave" of the epidemic, Prime Minister Jean Castex warned on Monday , just before the Committee meeting.

Regarding events and business tourism, "still quite hampered", Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne indicated that a working group had been set up and that he hoped "reasonably" to be able to make progress in the matter from here. " about two weeks ".

527,834 companies in the sector have received the Solidarity Fund

On the occasion of the CIT, the government took stock of aid to the sector, one of the most affected by the pandemic, particularly with air transport.

As of September 25, among the emergency measures, 758.3 million euros had been granted via the Solidarity Fund to 527,834 companies, or an average amount of 1,437 euros paid.

Concerning the “tourism” State Guaranteed Loan (PGE) managed by Bpifrance, it was awarded or pre-allocated to 187,767 companies for a total amount of 18.4 billion euros, which makes an average amount of 97,473 euros.

The exceptional aid paid to self-employed workers represented, on July 17, 87 million euros for 100,100 beneficiaries.

Hydrotherapy hard affected

As for the investment in "quasi equity", launched this month, it has an envelope of 80 million euros, which is in addition to the 390 million planned for the investment "in equity" - all two being managed by Bpifrance - and 225 million euros for the fund dedicated to social tourism, managed by the CDC.

A mission on the future of hydrotherapy, severely affected by the health crisis with a loss of activity of around 40% for the 110 spas in the country, according to the government, will be entrusted to Jean-Yves Gouttebel, president of the departmental council of Puy-de-Dôme.

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