The Prime Minister announced last Thursday that the ski lifts would remain closed during the Christmas holidays, unlike the ski resorts.
An unacceptable decision for mountain professionals, who must meet with Jean Castex on Monday morning.
Mountain professionals meet Monday at 9 a.m. by videoconference with Prime Minister Jean Castex.
They intend to plead their case because the sector is still in the dark.
Indeed, the Prime Minister announced last Thursday that if the stations could well open at Christmas to "benefit from the clean air", the ski lifts should they remain closed.
But without the ski lifts, 80% of holidaymakers risk deserting the resorts.
So, professionals fear that the winter season is doomed and even beyond.
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"Our competitors are in the process of picking up our customers"
"All the money collected is reinvested in the territory from the spring. This ecosystem is breaking down and our competitors are coming to recover our usual clientele of skiers in France. This is unacceptable and unacceptable. Mr. Macron is sacrificing the French mountain, "said Jean-Luc Boch, mayor of La Plagne-Tarantaise, in Savoie, and president of the association of mountain resort mayors, Sunday at the microphone of Europe 1.
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Professionals in the sector ensure that their stations are ready and that the health protocol has been seen and reviewed.
Testing centers to test staff every two weeks have even already installed.
For Jean-Luc Boch, the government should at least reconsider the question if the occupancy rate of the valley hospitals were to drop.