Desklib: Tourism Industry in Paris at Lockdown

Tourism in Paris at the
lock down

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main body........................................................................................................................................3
Complexities of the tourism industry in Paris, both prior to the pandemic as well as
after........................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCE.................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Tourism industry is one of the fastest growing industry in the world but due to covid
pandemic the growth of this industry decline and even most of the businesses in this industry get
shut down. There are various beautiful destinations in Paris such as Trocadéro at sunrise, Parc
des Buttes Chaumont, Colonnes de Buren and many others which attract most of the tourist for
the France country. The following report covers complexities of the tourism industry in Paris,
both prior to the pandemic as well as
after the pandemic.
Main body
Complexities of the tourism industry in Paris, both prior to the pandemic as well as
after
The major income source for Paris is their tourism industry because most of the tourists
get attracted toward beautiful destinations of Paris and invest their money to stay in Paris for few
days. This will help economy of France to grow high. There are various kind of complexities
which can be faced by tourism industry in Paris event before Covid Pandemic and few of the
complexities are mentioned below-
Risk and Security of Tourist- Every tourist needs to travel those places where they will
gain full satisfaction for their security (Seraphin and Dosquet, 2020). They want that their life
will be protected from terror attacks, natural disasters and many others. In context of Paris, there
are various kind of terror attacks like November 2015 attack in Paris and many others. On the
other hand, there are various kind of criminal activities takes place in Paris. Hence, tourist need
security guarantee from hotels and restaurants where they stay for a particular period of time.
Regulatory and border issues- France restrict the entry of tourists from some countries
for which they are having issues like legal issues, border issues and many others. Hence, due to
this reason most of the tourists get restricted to enter the area of Paris and use their tourism
services. This will also impact bad upon the reputation of their nation.

High tax rate- High tax rates for tourism companies also plays an important role in
creating major complexities for tourism industry. In context of Paris, there are 25% tax rate for
travel and tourism sector companies which is very high as compared to other countries. Due to
this reason hotels and restaurants are supposed to pay high taxes and their retained earnings get
reduced. Hence, they are not able to invest high on the development of their infrastructure.
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates- Euro is currency of France whose value at
international level get changes after every few days. This is plays an damageable challenge to
Paris tourism industry (Grech, Grech and Fabri, 2020). Due to fluctuations in France currency,
there will be increase in inflation rate and the prices of tourism services get increased which
further impact negative upon customers purchasing power in this specific industry. Rapid
fluctuations in currency impacts to adopt various changes in the nation like change in prices of
services and many others.
Unemployment rate of France- France is having high unemployment rate which is
8.62% which further means that there are overall 8.62% people in France who are eligible to earn
but unable to find a appropriate job for their specialization. This unemployment condition is also
seen in tourism industry of France where most of the hotels and restaurants are seen lack of
employees to perform their operational tasks. Hence, this will impact bad upon management of
hotels and restaurants to attract customers.
Sharing of wrong information- In context of increasing in competition in Paris market,
the major competitors of hotels and restaurants share wrong information to damage the image of
their competitor. This will also impact bad upon various tourism companies in Paris. They share
wrong news and images on social media which is having global reach. Hence, their reputation
get decline globally.
Covid 19 pandemic is a global pandemic which is caused by virus which enters human
body and make the person ill and even it cause death. Hence, most of the countries made some
laws and regulations to restrict the spreading of this virus from one person to other (Neupane,
2021). There are lock downs, social distancing and many other restrictions at worldwide level.
Due this pandemic, Paris tourism industry also faces few complexities which are mentioned
below-
Focusing more on hygienic factors- It is essential for hotels and restaurants to focus on
hygienic factors of their hotels and restaurants and clean the rooms and dining areas well to