Slump In French Tourist Traffic. (country, dangerous, people, Romanian)

[red baron]

Dropping tourist income may force french government to reduce overly generous entitlement programs such as unemployment benefits. The resulting strikes are just around the corner.

[Minato ku]

It will have no effect on that. It's not like tourism is the only income in France.
French economy is very diversified.

[pigeonhole]

Next year will be election year in France, it will be very interesting the rapid slump of that country into chaos and civil war. resulting from too much Hubris and complacency of the French governing classes for too long.

[Minato ku]

Chaos and civil war ?
Do we really live in the same France. I think you should get treatment for paranoia.

I was near the Eiffel tower, yesterday night and it was full of tourists.
Maybe less than usual (I don't know I never goes there) but still a lot.



After, I been on the Champs Elysees at midnight. It was full of people and tourists, a monday night.

[overdrive1979]

Originally Posted by pigeonhole

Next year will be election year in France, it will be very interesting the rapid slump of that country into chaos and civil war.

I hope they won't slump into civil war.
All they have to do is to kick back those dangerous foreign members from ISIS who live in the "banlieues".

[red baron]

Originally Posted by Minato ku

It will have no effect on that. It's not like tourism is the only income in France.
French economy is very diversified.

Tourism revenues represent 7% of France GDP. A french senior official called it an "industrial disaster". The Paris area alone experienced a decrease of one million visitors for the first six months of this versus last year. There is also the knock-on effect. Hotels, Restaurants, Cafes, Cab Drivers, etc.etc. etc. Good luck.

[red baron]

Originally Posted by Minato ku

Chaos and civil war ?
Do we really live in the same France. I think you should get treatment for paranoia.

I was near the Eiffel tower, yesterday night and it was full of tourists.
Maybe less than usual (I don't know I never goes there) but still a lot.

If you never go there how would you know the difference?

[pigeonhole]

Oh yes, full of thugs, racailles des banlieues, agressive Romanian beggars (whole families), Africans illegally selling plastic souvenirs and forcing it on the tourists, more and more women in islamic garb. And it's so dirty that a group of Japanese volunteered to clan the Trocadéro gardens. If you want to close your eyes on reality, fine, but I live in Paris, everywhere homeless people are camping in the streets, leaving their garbage, pissing and crapping there. Paris is doomed for tourism, my friend.

[red baron]

Originally Posted by overdrive1979

I hope they won't slump into civil war.
All they have to do is to kick back those dangerous foreign members from ISIS who live in the "banlieues".

Nothing to worry about.

1) The french win most wars.

2) They are experts of integrating and assimilating immigrants.

3) If all else fails, there are always their good friends from England and the USA to bail them out.

[Minato ku]

Originally Posted by red baron

Tourism revenues represent 7% of France GDP. A french senior official called it an "industrial disaster". The Paris area alone experienced a decrease of one million visitors for the first six months of this versus last year. There is also the knock-on effect. Hotels, Restaurants, Cafes, Cab Drivers, etc.etc. etc. Good luck.

Hotels, Restaurants, Cafes, Cab Drivers, etc.etc. etc are included in tourism revenues.
Note that employments in tourism tend to be low qualified with lower salary than many other sectors, so I would not exaggerate the side effects.
France is not disneyland, it's a big country with a diverse economy. The overwhelming majority of people don't work in tourism related activities. I live in Paris and I know nobody who work in tourism related economy. Paris' economy is very corporate.

Secondly, even with a decrease. The number of foreign tourist did not fall to zero, there is still a lot of them.
Note that 2/3 of tourism revenues in France is local, it comes from French tourists.

French economy grew during the first half of 2016.
At worst, this may slow the economic growth of 2016 but don't believe that the economy of France is doomed because of a decrease of foreign visitor.