Hotels and restaurants all over the country suffered heavy losses during the holidays as tourism plummeted over Christmas. Across the country restaurants have seen their bookings cut in half on average since the strikes started, according to a press release by the hotel union UMIH (Union des métiers et des industries de l'hôtellerie). In the southern city Nice, where tourism numbers managed to stay high throughout the holidays, UMIH worried for the months to come. “We’re still waiting for the reservations for the February carnival to come in in,” Denis Cippolini, President of UMIH, told Le Parisien. In the northern French city of Lille, the hotel business saw its income fall by 20 percent on average since the strikes began on December 5th, according to French newspaper Le Parisien.

Source: The Local January 06, 2020 13:30 UTC