french hotel industry
The Magic Potion and the Gallic Village
Georges Panayotis | July 24, 2018
By Georges Panayotis Once upon a time there was a Gallic village that continued to resist the invader. Not content with being just an extremely popular tourist destination, it wanted to be able to boast of being the first in the world. However, the Gallic chiefs had spent decades looking for a recipe to make a magic potion that not only made their ultimate dream come true, but could also count the tourists who visited. The leaders also wanted to keep control over their flock at all costs, to control and ultimately to curb their villagers' businesses. But the villagers were not satisfied, because the costs of maintaining the village ...
French Hotels & Restaurants: Fruit Bearing Trees Must Be Tended To!
Georges Panayotis | March 13, 2018
By Georges Panayotis Will we play the third wheel on the wagon forever? Why is it that all politicians rush to the agriculture fair while only a few of them make the trip to events organised by the tourism and hotel industry? Agriculture represented 714,000 jobs in 2014 compared to 899,000 jobs for hotels and restaurants. France's granary brings in 32.1 billion euros per year, or 1.5% of the GDP, compared to 7.2% for tourism, which brings in 160 billion euros of domestic consumption. The agriculture sector - which is essential to the health of our economy and to our health in general - has been subsidized since the birth of the com...
