The world’s leading tourist destination – popular with both French and foreigners – France has just decided to reduce access to major emblematic sites, in Corsica and Marseille.
The strong comeback of holidaymakers immediately reactivated the number one problem of mass tourism: the damage caused by the overcrowding of the most visited sites. The world’s leading tourist destination – popular with both French and foreigners – France has just decided to reduce access to major emblematic sites, in Corsica and Marseille.
“Post-Covid is accelerating awareness of the need to protect the raw material of tourism, observes Christian Mantéi, president of Atout France. It creates value. The majority of travelers favor sustainable tourism.”
Meeting in early June, the assembly of Corsica rethought the reception of Bavella, Restonica, and the Lavezzi Islands, “by tackling the issue of managing the natural environment from the angle of regulating flows and promoting sustainable tourism”. Quotas will be put in place on the Lavezzi Islands, which last year welcomed 290,000 visitors. The objective of the Office of the environment of the…
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