Paris Tourist Industry
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Paris Tourist Industry
www.anglophonie.fr page 1/3 Log on our website to check out our previous reports! :) Paris Tourist Industry (Youtube / CCTV 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYvoOxe36AA&feature=em-share_video_user And Paris’s tourism industry is still suffering from terrorist fears. Tourist arrivals to Paris fell by ten percent in the first five months of this year. Let’s get more on this. Paris is quiet this summer. Hotel occupancy fell by twelve percent in June this year from a year ago. The number of flight arrivals in July dropped (by) ten percent compared to last year. In previous years it could take hours to queue in popular sites like the Louvre Museum and the Eiffel Tower. This time lines are noticibly shorter. Overall, foreign tourist arrivals fell by ten percent in the January to May period of 2016 compared to the same period of 2015. The main reason for this fall is the fear of the risk of attack, which has worried a lot of foreign customers generally from far away, particularly Asian customers, who are adverse to risks, who don’t know the security problems in their own countries in general - I’m particulary thinking of Japan - and who are afraid of coming to France, to Paris and Europe generally. But the fear of terrorism is just part of the story. All tourism professionals in Paris are suffering from today’s climate in Paris, particularly hoteliers because they are also suffering from competition like tourist accomodation like Opertel and Airbnb, who were pretty successful, particulary during the Euro, where they were already experiencing a fall in customers. Restaurant owners, who have a lot less foreign tourists in some areas. Tourism professionals also say negative perceptions about France have been fueled by violent street protests this year as well as robberies targeting Asian visitors. We see (that) there is a general fall in tourist activity in Paris and our partnerships with the biggest tourism stakeholders are all suffering a fall. On the other hand, the tourists who are in Paris were able to capture them because we have reinforced our presence on the ground, because we have people at strategic points to explain how our activity works to the tourists. So, yes, we are able to capture the clients when they are here. Delwaulle added that they had to decrease the frequency of their bus(es) by about twelve percent in response to the fall in activity. Xia (?) Tung (?) CCTV Vocabulary 01. Fears 02. Fell by ten percent (fall / fell / fallen) 03. Let’s get more on this 04. Quiet 05. Dropped by ten percent 06. In previous years 07. Noticeably shorter peurs a baissé de 10% apprenons davantage à ce sujet calme a chuté de 10% les année précédentes sensiblement, visiblement page 2/3 08. Overall 09. Who are adverse to risks 10. Tourist accommodation 11. Pretty successful 12. Are experiencing a fall in customers 13. Have been fuelled 14. As well as robberies targeting 15. Tourist stakeholders 16. On the other hand globalement qui n’aiment pas les risques logement pour les touristes ont eu beaucoup de succès subissent une baisse de clients ont été alimentés ainsi que des vols ciblant … les parties prenantes dans le tourisme par contre Paris Tourist Industry (Youtube / CCTV 2016) Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words And Paris’s tourism industry is still suffering from terrorist f _ . Tourist arrivals to Paris f (craintes, peurs) percent in the first five months of this year. Let’s g b ten (a baissé de) more on this. (apprenons advantage à ce sujet) Paris is q this summer. Hotel occupancy fell by twelve percent in June this year from a year ago. (calme) The number of flight arrivals in June d by ten percent compared to last year. In p (a chuté de) years it could (précedentes) take hours to queue in popular sites like the Louvre Museum and the Eiffel Tower. This time lines are n shorter. O , foreign tourist arrivals fell by ten percent in the January to May period of (sensiblement) (Globalement) 2016 compared to the same period of 2015. The main reason for this fall is the fear of the risk of attack, which has worried a lot of foreign customers generally from far away, particularly Asian customers, who are a to risks, who don’t know the (qui n’aiment pas) security problems in their own countries in general - I’m particulary thinking of Japan - and who are afraid of coming to France, to Paris and Europe generally. But the fear of terrorism is just part of the story. All tourism professionals in Paris are suffering from today’s climate in Paris, particularly hoteliers because they are also suffering from competition like tourist a like Opertel and Airbnb, who (logement) were p s , particulary during the Euro, where they were already e (ont eu beaucoup de succès) af i (subissaient une baisse de) customers. Restaurant owners, who have a lot less foreign tourists in some areas. Tourism page 3/3 professionals also say negative perceptions about France have been f by violent street protests (alimentés) this year as well as r t Asian visitors. (des vols ciblants) We see (that) there is a general fall in tourist activity in Paris and our partnerships with the biggest tourism s___________ are all suffering a fall. O the o h , the tourists who are in Paris we were (parties prenantes) (par contre) able to capture them because we have reinforced our presence on the ground, because we have people at strategic points to explain how our activity works to the tourists. So, yes, we are able to capture the clients when they are here. Delwaulle added that they had to decrease the frequency of their bus(es) by about twelve percent in response to the fall in activity.