With the health crisis, Europeans are choosing the French coasts this year, according to Belvilla. 77% of French customers have decided to stay in France during the summer holidays. 17.5% of French reservations are located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.
On the Côte d’Azur, many choose camping, like some clients of the Pylone in Antibes. “We booked at the last minute, with the health crisis, we preferred to choose to travel to France. We found this campsite and there was room, so we can take advantage of the swimming pool in the afternoon.”
The Gorges du Loup campsite has 70 pitches and they are almost all taken, but there is still room for the month of August. Half of the clientele is foreign and the other French. At the Coté Mer campsite in Mandelieu la Napoule, it is practically full all summer 95% of the clientele are French. “We thought we had more cancellation”
On the other hand at the Pylône d’Antibes campsite, in July on certain weeks, only 50% of the mobile homes were occupied. A large part of the travelers present are German. Claire Cohen, the manager sighs ” I think we are suffering from the poor image of the Côte d’Azur following the latest announcements, we are a red zone with the variant. People now prefer the great outdoors like the mountains. The month of July was complicated, we were far from full, but I have the impression that over the past few days, we have been receiving more calls to reserve a pitch or a mobile home. “
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