1 RULES OF THE GAME : TOURISMOPHOBIA
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RULES OF THE GAME:TOURISMOPHOBIA
What are we talking about: Tourism!
A dream for most of us…
Everyone dreams of tourism
Yes everybody!
Dreams…
…versus Reality!
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Tourismophobia
Fear and aversion of inhabitants of some Europeancities against mass tourism
A blind rage
Damage grounds
Housing: rise of rentsbecause of Short termrentals
Mobility: traffic jam
Pollution of air, water and views : a liner is pollutingsuch as 1 million
cars
Tourism in Paris
• 1st World destination for tourists
• Goal in 2020: 100 m of tourists and 50 b €
• Paris 1st Airbnb city in the world
• Paris is the 17th worst European city concerning Air pollution
No tourismophobia in Paris…
• 35 million of tourists in Paris• Tourism is 12% of Parisian economy
But watchfulness
• Quality of welcome tourists• Financial and social issues for
the City Hall• Impacts on inhabitants’ life
New framework:The Town of Paris supported all regulations on short termrentals
Other French places
Bordeaux
South-West South-East
Solutions
• Mobility Efficient transport policy
• Housing Real urban policy and regulation of short term rentals (e.g. fair fiscality)
• QualityWelcoming Charter adopted by all tourism stakeholders
To go further
1. Need a commun thought to create a new tourism: sustainable and respectful
2. From promoting tourism to managing tourism
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