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Except I'm on one of the biggest touristic area in France, and hotels here a loosing customers. We got less tourists than before, and I can see many people usin

Except I'm on one of the biggest touristic area in France, and hotels here a loosing customers. We got less tourists than before, and I can see many people using RBNB. In the mean time, some people close to me are talking about being fired from their hotel because of the economy. While I know my situation is not a representative sample, I do travel a lot and observed the same thing in various places, including other countries. I discussed it with other travelers, and they reported the same. So I wouldn't conclude that everything is ok for hotels. The story needs more data.

ghaff 10y ago
US tourist travel to much of Europe was down this summer [1] with the drop attributed to the terrorist attacks. Anecdotally, tourist travel in areas of the Northeast US was up considerably (double digits) this summer. I'm sure there are a number of reasons for this--low gas prices but not especially cheap airfares, the general air travel experience, etc.--but reluctance to visit Europe (in spite of a strong dollar) does seem to be real based on conversations with a number of restaurant owners for example. [1] http://www.wsj.com/articles/terror-attacks-weigh-on-europes-travel-companies-1469372313 http://www.wsj.com/articles/terror-attacks-weigh-on-europes-...