Alsace in need of tourists 

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At Strasbourg University Hospital, in March 2020. REUTERS / Christian Hartmann

By: Angélique Férat

21 min

Alsace is one of the most touristic regions in France.

But this spring, it was hit hard by the coronavirus epidemic.Classified in red for several weeks, the newspaper Le Monde had renamed it 'Coronaland'. 

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If the word Alsace brings up images of half-timbered houses, geraniums at the windows, and storks.

This spring it has been synonymous with overwhelmed hospitals and coffins grouped together in warehouses.


15 million tourists normally visit Alsace each year.

But this year it will not be. 


Alsace in need of tourists, a Grand Report by Angélique Férat.

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