WuThe first half of 2023 has already seen record numbers for hotels, restaurants and businesses.» Christian Estrosi yesterday at the City Hall began to present the results of the summer tourist season. This summer, which is coming to an end, is of the same type: “Hotel occupancy averaged nearly 89% between July 1 and August 15, and it’s not over yet as we have some bright prospects for September.”
What’s the explanation for this enviable percentage? “The appeal of our destination, that’s the real driver of the Cote d’Azur.” In fact, Nice and the Cote d’Azur “The first tourist destination after Paris”.
The city’s beauty, climate, sunshine, the sea just an hour’s drive from the Highlands are also very attractive, but these are not the territory’s only assets. This summer, there have been some important moments that have contributed to its global reputation.
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First up was the Tour de France, with the finale taking place between the mountains and the seaside in Nice. “June, The first magistrate insisted that Nearly 16,000 participants came to the site and from July 19 to 21 we welcomed 68,000 visitors to the plateau, compared to 10,000 in normal times, with Nice alone welcoming 266,000 visitors. This resulted in a peak occupancy rate of 98%.”
Then came the Summer Olympics, with six football matches, whose impact, in terms of spectator numbers, reached as far as the Bay of Angels: we went to Paris to watch a match and offered ourselves a reprieve in the south.
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Finally, a Nice Jazz Festival, which is a bit of a risky bet. “We risked delaying it and did it in the second half of August.”. The four-night event attracted 40,000 spectators, compared with 30,000 in 2023, which is a nice increase even if attendance increases from 7,500 to 12,000 this summer. “A new formula for success.”
Thus, the golden summer season before the off-season arrives can consolidate Nice’s position at the forefront of tourism. Since September still attracts a lot of people, especially the VinFast Ironman World Championship (Women’s IronMan), on September 22, the merits of the Massena Museum were The New York Times,Magazine Travel + Leisure Classify Nice as “Coolest place on the French Riviera”upcoming events related to Nice’s inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List…Nice-style tourism still has a bright future.
