Traffic jams on the Perthus road, tourists arrive in the Pyrénées-Orientales

Patience if you have to go to Perthus, this Thursday, June 27. Several kilometers of traffic jams were recorded at the end of the morning, on the departmental road 900, which links France to Spain. Of the first slowdowns which testify to the gradual arrival of tourists in the Pyrénées-Orientales.

Traffic jams on the Perthus road

This is honestly no surprise. The first slowdowns are felt on the Perthus road at the end of June. This morning, more than three kilometers of traffic jams were recorded to access this famous border town, where it is good to go shopping and buy alcohol, cigarettes et perfumes.

If the situation improved very slightly at midday, these traffic jams reflect the imminent start of the summertime.

Regular traffic jams during the summer

The Perthus is indeed experiencing its first large crowds. And for good reason, every year at the same period, in this case the months of July and August, the town’s traders are daily attacked by the numerous vacationers who stay in the Pyrénées-Orientales.

At the end of June, it was mainly foreign tourists, coming from The Netherlands, of Belgium et from Germany, who stay in the Catalan Country. Before the arrival of French tourists, and many families, at the end of the school year.

In 2023, 17 million nights had been recorded in the various establishments, in the months of July and August alone, making the Pyrénées-Orientales the seventh French tourist department.

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