"The French Holidays" series: the success of the motorhome

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Faced with the health crisis, the motorhome is this year one of the solutions to the organization of last minute holidays (illustrative image). PASCAL GUYOT / AFP

By: Marie Casadebaig Follow

Continuation of our series of reports on the holidays of the French in France. Due to the Covid crisis affecting the planet, 9 out of 10 holidaymakers visit their country. The health risk, the vagaries of border closures, dissuaded those who wanted to go abroad. This year, many uncertainties during and after confinement have not allowed some to organize as they usually do. The holidays were improvised and sometimes at the wheel of a motorhome.

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These vehicles that allow sleeping indoors are in full swing. Some dealers saw their sales increase by 30% compared to the same period in 2019. To understand this craze, Marie Casadebaig went to Puy-de-Dôme, in the center of France, a nature department, very popular with motorhome operators.

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