Nearly one in two Frenchmen has not returned to a cultural place since July 21, while they were 88% before the Pandemic of Covid-19. This is the result of a study commissioned by the government, which supports the feeling felt by professionals.
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This is the study that all culture professionals were waiting. But she will not reassure them. Wednesday, October 27, Roselyne Bachelot had to reveal the results of a government-ordered survey on the behavior of the French cultural outings, eighteen months after the beginning of the health crisis related to COVID-19. Its conclusions, that Le Monde was able to consult, are uplifting: nearly one in two Frenchman has not returned to a cultural place since the establishment of the sanitary pass on July 21, while they were 88% to Doing it before the epidemic, and nearly a third party assure that they will now go less cultural places.
This study, carried out in early September by the Harris Interactive Institute, brings for the first time an overview of post-crisis cultural outings, beyond the frequentation figures brandished by each other. Since July 21, only 51% of people going to the cinema usually at least once a year, have returned to the room. Barely more than a third (40%) of the familiar museums resumed the path of exhibitions, when those of historical monuments did it at 45%.
But hemorrhage is especially palpable in the living show. Thus, only 27% of music enthusiasts say they have attended a concert since the placement of the health care, while the pampereds were only 25% to return to the theater. The numbers are barely higher for dance (31%) and the circus (28%). In the same way, nearly three-quarters of the French who went to a festival in a normal year did not return this summer.
Staying to find a public
These numbers, even if they come from a survey conducted in early September and may have already evolved, come to support the feeling felt by professionals since the start of the school year. If a number of French people have regained the path of theaters, cinemas or museums, we are still far from the attendance levels before the epidemic. “This study confirms in every way what we live, esteem Pierre-Yves Lenoir, codirector of the Célestin Theater, Lyon. Since the start of the school year, we lost 40% of the public, on subscriptions as on the ticket office. For A municipal theater like ours, with 25% of own resources, the consequences are important: if this decrease is confirmed, this will represent 800,000 euros less in the budget of the season. “
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