“We had work until the end of June, there was the weather, there were the elections”list Franck, manager of a gift shop in Fouras. Like him, many traders in Charente-Maritime have not, apart from the month of August, experienced a memorable tourist season this year. However, the All Saints' Day holidays exceeded expectations, estimates Umih, the leading hotel and catering union.
Significant increase compared to 2023
“It's much better, we're having a great All Saints' Day vacation.” smiles Guillaume Jacques, departmental president of Umih. After a season that he generally describes as “catastrophic”the financial balance sheet of companies in the sector over the last two weeks should stabilize around an increase of 30 to 40% compared to last year, if this last weekend goes well.
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“There are people, continues Franck. At the end of October, it was rather very very good.” The co-manager of the “Bistrot du coin”, Camille, is not complaining either: “We're quite happy because it was a little gray but we didn't have too much water, it didn't work too badly.”
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