After a promising fall and the reopening of many destinations, tour operators are affected by the waitition of customers and manifestations in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
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The world of travel is febrile. After an autumn marked by a bright resumption of travel, including leisure, winter, traditionally strong period, is advancing with a procession of bad news: the fifth wave of the pandemic of Covid-19 saps the desire for travel, And the French West Indies are embraced as the high season approach.
Sign of increasing concern, the main lobby of the sector called on Monday, November 22, to reinforce the harmonization of travel rules, worried about attending new constraints and to see the European vaccinal passport. at a booster dose. “We can not afford to lose all the hardly conquered progress this year,” worries Julia Simpson, boss of the World Council of Journey and Tourism. The scholarship has not been mistaken, who, for two weeks, drops the course of airlines and hotel chains.
Before this cold shot, the trip has experienced a nice fall, with the reopening of many important destinations for the French market – the United States, in particular, on November 8, but also Mauritius and Thailand. . “Since September, we have been at + 20% of our 2019 revenues, Plastronne Laurent Abitbol, President of Marietton Development (Havas Voyages, Selectour, Auchan Voyages …). It’s full for the end of the year celebration, of the Meeting in Punta Cana [in the Dominican Republic], through Tunisia, Canaries, Senegal. “
An activity close to normal during the holidays
For all tour operators, between September and November, the decline in sales compared to 2019 is approximately 25%, according to the organization of travel companies (EDDV). During the holiday season, their activity should be close to normal, driven by the return of skiing and four destinations up: the Canaries, the Dominican Republic, Dubai and Mauritius. Asian destinations that have reopened tourists are not affected by this massive return of travelers, due to a lack of anticipation of local governments and, consequently, airlines.
Behind the travel agencies also obtained an exit from the top of the crisis of their main guarantee fund, the professional combination of tourism solidarity. All the guarantors of travel agents will now be able to benefit from the reinsurance of the State, through the central reinsurance fund, which will allow to overcome the possible failure of giants of the sector, like Thomas Cook In 2019.
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