> being in a very touristic place, French people spend a lot of their vacation time in France. Also, many companies mandate that RTT days are taken regularly (

> being in a very touristic place, French people spend a lot of their vacation time in France. Also, many companies mandate that RTT days are taken regularly (to avoid having the company effectively closed for the whole summer, as well as half of december), which means no more than one or two days at once. This means many short vacations rather than few long ones, also improving the incentive to spend locally.