Undoubtedly 2009 year of crisis is cleared

Return in force of foreigners and stop to the decline of French attendance. To the relief of Hervé Novelli, who already spoke on the subject, this summer balance by "very successful tourist in 2010". In the light of the information gathered by our correspondents in most regions, professionals, overall, share the satisfaction of the Secretary of State for tourism. "It's a good summer," said Catherine Damezin, the Director of the Central of reservation Auvergne tourism. In Corsica, it is question of attendance records. In the Vaucluse, festivals were full, with 150.000 spectators, and a hotel occupancy rate almost 95 in Avignon. On the Côte d'Azur, destination lighthouse, the regional tourism Committee reported an increase of 6 attendance.

Undoubtedly, 2009, year of crisis, is cleared. According to the firm Protourisme, attendance would be 3.5 higher after declining as much in 2009. But this attendance highly varied from one month on the other. In Britain, the professionals are mixed for the end of the season. "We did not have the full", noted this resort of Quiberon. However, more to the South, the professionals, a little worried initially, have found smile.

Tight budgets

In Charente-Maritime, after a "difficult because of the aftermath of the storm Xynthia" start, the situation is significantly straightened. In the Pyrenees, attendance, including foreign woke with and after the passage of the Tower of France: the season is regarded as "a good vintage". "Our fellow citizens have remained more in France", advance the Pyrenees Confederation of tourism. Its representatives are more optimistic than Hervé Novelli, who had mentioned a "maintenance of French attendance at the 2009 level.

This vintage is also marked by the comeback of foreign clients. The level of attendance found that it was before the crisis. The increase, estimated to be approximately 10 by the Secretariat of State for tourism varies according to regions and alternative accommodation. "The customer increases, especially that of Northern Europe and the British returned," said Joëlle Rohaut, President of the regional Federation of outdoor Normandy Hotel. Same observation in Languedoc-Roussillon, Aquitaine. Professionals are watching a surge of Spaniards and this despite the crisis. In the same vein, Protourisme evokes an increase of 5 to 10 of the foreigners and even a double digit growth for so-called tourists "distant" (outside Europe). This is the case on the Riviera with the Americans, (thanks to the decline of the euro), Asian and tourists from the Middle East.

Big flat, stays have shortened significantly and budgets are increasingly tight. In Provence, there is a contraction of spending 5-10. In Midi-Pyrénées, last minute bookings have increased, tourists looking for promotions. "At Saint-Malo, visitors spend the day" and then go. Futuroscope, the number of visitors is increasing and the turnover. But this performance is largely drawn by the box office. "Visitors to limit on recovery spending", according to an official of the Park.

High-end refueled

"There is a world, but it does not consume," notes a professional on the island of beauty. In Corsica, restaurateurs are particularly affected. The specialized cabinet MKG lists, for its part, the same type of observation in the hotel. It evokes a French customer always also "cautious spending, mediating more for the benefit of non-market accommodation (houses of family, friends, etc.) and more economic accommodation forms as camping."

States of mind that are not shared in the top range Hotel largely, who fired his pin of the game. The Riviera palaces were occupied to 83 in July. In major hotels and the star-shaped restaurants in Languedoc-Roussillon, it rubs hands.