It's a good news for the French who dream of escape or simply to find some of their loved ones. Monday May 25, 2020, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, the Secretary of State for Tourism, revealed on LCI that the government was working on a "significant enlargement"of the limitation of 100 kilometers around the home. Since May 11, the date of the start of deconfinement, it is a measure that is in force in the country. He assured that "each of our individual and collective efforts allow us to loosen the noose and to have a little more freedom in the movements", as our colleagues from Télé-Loisirs. While the government made this decision out of fear of the arrival of a second epidemic wave, it seems that for the moment it is not happening. Thus, the widening of the limitation could take place on June 2. News that should delight French people who want to go on vacation a little further from home, but which will especially reassure professionals in the tourism sector.
Less hope for those who want to go abroad
To give them hope, the Secretary of State said that vacationers will "rediscover France, its heritage, its terroirs and its riches"Throughout the summer. On the other hand, he was more pessimistic towards citizens who hope to escape outside France during the holidays. He simply declared"that we will be able to have precise information on the evolution of border controls within the European Union"A priori around June 15. But he took the time to insist on the benefits of going to France to revive the economy.
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