INVESTIGATION – Restaurants, hotels, guides, stores… The ecosystem dedicated to welcoming them is deprived of its activity. A multitude of professionals have changed jobs or strategies.
It could have been temporary, but it has been going on for almost three years. France remains orphaned by its Chinese tourists. And the XXe Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which ended on October 22, did not give an encouraging horizon for their return. The Middle Kingdom remains adamant on its “zero Covid” policy.
The prolonged absence of visitors from the Middle Kingdom weighs heavily on French tourism, because this clientele keen on shopping is among the biggest spenders. In 2019, a record number of 2.2 million Chinese tourists set foot on French soil, generating 3.5 billion euros in revenue for the country. Their absence caused the disappearance of the ecosystem dedicated to their reception in France, now deprived of all or part of its activity. Guides, interpreters, hoteliers, restaurateurs, coach operators, vendors… a multitude of professionals have been paying the price since the Covid crisis. Until pickpockets, for whom these visitors used to move…
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