Nathalie Delattre, Minister Delegate for Tourism, was the guest of “8:30 am Franceinfo”, Wednesday July 30.
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Nathalie Delattre, Minister of Tourism delegate was the guest of “8:30 am Franceinfo”, Wednesday July 30. The fire of a cottage, no surcontarism in France … She answered questions from Aurélie Herbemont.
Charente fire: “We must strengthen security and controls”
“We must strengthen security and controls, it’s obvious”said on Wednesday on Franceinfo the Minister for Tourism in charge of Tourism Nathalie Delattre, after the fire, who left five dead on Monday from a cottage in Charente welcoming adults with disabilities. The cottage had however been checked “in part” in 2023. “It is 55,000 people who leave each year in their labeled vacation”recalls the minister.
To avoid surcourism, “it is necessary to disassemble”, advocates Nathalie Delattre
“There is no surcourism in France” but “Pics of attendance” linked “to seasonality”Assured on Wednesday on Franceinfo the minister responsible for tourism Nathalie Delattre. “One of the strategies is to disappear, that is to say to have tourism throughout the year throughout the territory and better distribute our flows”she added. Île-de-Bréhat (Côtes-d’Armor), Calanques (Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône), or even the island of Porquerolles (Var) have set up quotas to deal with mass attendance. “You have to find the right measure between the tourist economy and the preservation of the environment”, estimated the minister.
The minister intends to increase tourism revenues by developing a series of measures to boost sports tourism or agrotourism. If the forecasts in terms of reservations for the summer of 2025 are good with “+5 to +16%, depending on the region”said the minister, France must “Floken” Its tourist offer. “France has become a country of passage where we cannot fix tourists”she regretted. “We thought for years that it was an eternal annuity, hence the creation of the ministry dedicated to tourism that we had not had for 17 years” she said. “It’s up to us to better sell our destination”launched Nathalie Delattre.