Hardly had the head of state given the green light on Tuesday evening to travel without authorization for the end of year celebrations that the French rushed to the SNCF site.
Car rental companies and tour operators also expect bookings to increase in the coming days.
The end of travel certificates from December 15, as announced by Emmanuel Macron, means the possibility of moving and therefore traveling, which some French people were obviously impatiently waiting for, according to the explosion in bookings of train tickets since Tuesday evening.
Emmanuel Macron had not yet finished his speech as the SNCF's online sales platform was already assailed by reservations.
It is 8:07 pm when the Head of State speaks of the second phase of deconfinement, from December 15: "We will therefore be able to move again, without authorization, including between regions and spend Christmas with the family".
The reaction was almost instantaneous: less than a minute later, ticket sales, which had already been quivering for a few days, jumped 400%!
Moreover, SNCF's IT teams have been reinforced, and from Wednesday there will be more agents at the counters of major stations.
Many French people will also opt for the car: rental requests have been increasing for a few days.
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And for those who want to go on vacation a little further, the agencies are already on the war footing, explains René-Marc Chikli, president of the tour operators' union (Seto).
"I think it will breathe new life into a profession that has been practically at a standstill for quite a few months now."
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Finally, airlines and airports are betting a lot on the generalization of antigenic tests, which bring a result in a few minutes, which could help air traffic to regain a little altitude.