After an excellent summer period, according to professionals, the late season, far from being fun on the Côte d'Azur in terms of weather, has not put off tourists!
The overall occupancy rate in urban hotels exceeded 80% in September, a little more than in 2023.
A great introduction to these All Saints’ Day holidays. Which, they were half fig, half grape, with a gloomy and cool first week and a sunny and temperate second.
Sport and business tourism
Nice hotels posted a reservation rate of 53% for the second part of the holidays, with a peak for the end, which coincides with the Alpes-Maritimes marathon.
The average reservation rate exceeds by 3 points that observed in 2023 at the same period.
In Cannes, it is business tourism which is the main vector of tourist attractiveness at the moment. The reservation rate for the first week of the holidays stood at more than 56%. 43% for the second. An advance of 5 points compared to last year.
Boom in furnished accommodation
The All Saints' Day holidays have benefited furnished tourist accommodation, with, every day, 5,500 overnight stays in the first week and 5,000 in the second, in the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolis: this is 23% more than in 2023. Reservations fall, on the other hand, next week: around 2,500 overnight stays per day.
As for the prospects for the winter season, they are “correct“, assures, for its part, Côte d'Azur France Tourisme, chaired by LR senator, Alexandra Borchio Fontimp. Reservation rates in the hotel industry are in line with those of last year.
For the months of November, the hotel reservation rate reached 30% as of October 20, 2024. “Late and last minute bookings should help achieve occupancy rates comparable to last year,” hopes Côte d’Azur France Tourisme.
Furnished rentals also show a stable outlook for the winter months, with a peak expected during the week of December 30, 5 points ahead of reservations compared to last year.
Paris, Var, Bouches-du-Rhône
Another reassuring element for the winter season, air reservations from abroad continue to evolve positively: as of September 8, we observed an increase of +17% compared to 2023 (excluding low-cost flights).
The Northeast Asia axis recorded the best performance (+42%), followed by Southern Europe (+29%).
Americans in the lead
The first week of the holidays saw a greater influx of French tourists than in 2023 (Paris, Var and Bouches-du-Rhône): +15%, while foreign attendance is stable.
With this top 5 in the first week: United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland. In 2023, the United Kingdom led the number of foreign customers in the metropolitan area, ahead of Germany and the United States.
