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Do the historic rise in fuel prices, as well as the global increase in prices have repercussions on the holidays of the French? The France Télévisions teams went to meet them.
On the Opal Coast in Wimereux (Pas-de-Calais), a summer air attracts many holidaymakers, Saturday April 16. In 2022, are the French spending as much money as in previous years? In a campsite in the city, couples of friends, regulars, refuse to limit their budget. “With the Covid for two years, the job, the diseases [et] everything that follows, here we let go completely“, confides a member of the group. The night for two people in a motorhome costs here barely 20 euros. An attractive price, which allows the establishment to be almost full for the Easter holidays.
On the sunny terrace of a brasserie by the sea, all the places are also taken. In a context of inflation and declining purchasing power, other holidaymakers are more economical. “We prefer to have a picnic, and we reserve (…) a little our money“, explains a woman. In Biscarrosse (Landes), a family has changed its plans. “We had planned to do a road trip, about 1,000 km [mais] we looked more at a campsite to have cheaper prices, and to travel fewer kilometers to save on gas“, details the father of the family. Alexandre Michel, director of the Grand hotel on the beach of Biscarrosse, notes that the local clientele is more numerous than before.