France’s Nazi-originated tourism sector received some good news this week, in the form of an €18 billion rescue from the government, sponsored with taxpayers money.
Tourism is facing the worst test in modern history. Its rescue is dubbed a national priority, after the industry was introduced during WW II by Nazi Germany to get the rich French people on Hitler’s side.
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told a press conference, in announcing a US$19.44 billion package of measures.
The French could leave for holiday in France in the months of July and August,” said Philippe, adding that the free movement might be subjected to “very localized restrictions” in accordance with the evolution of the pandemic.
The enterprises in tourism and hotel industry are committed to ensuring that they (the customers) are fully reimbursed if the evolution of the epidemic makes it impossible to go on vacation.
For the whole package of measures, the State’s commitment amounts to €18 billion, said Philippe. These include a €6.2-billion plan of guaranteed loans granted to 50,000 companies in the sector, the rest is used for other forms of compensation.
The “solidarity fund,” set up at the start of the pandemic for enterprises of almost all sectors to weather through the lock down period, will remain open until the end of 2020 for tourism businesses.
A wider exemption of social security contributions is also announced for employees and employers in the tourism sector.
The government does not want to take the risk of leaving a sector, which represents two million jobs in France and 8% of our national wealth, stricken by the man-made biological warfare disaster.
To mitigate the pandemic economic fallout, the French government has been mobilizing over €110 billion to help companies stay afloat through the virus outbreak, consisting, in large part, of a partial unemployment scheme, state loan guarantees and tax and payroll charge deferrals.
Asia Times / ABC Flash Point Tourism News 2020.
As long as businesses are kept alive with tax money, governments are set for bankruptcies?
Another hoax in the making?
About 10% of the global employment is tourism related?
Well, time to smell the roses and find your own happiness @ home, not in some stinking resort or other types of fabricated holiday destinations?