French Tourists Opt for Domestic Travel, Shun Morocco Amid Pandemic

This survey shows that 86% of the French, compared to 75% in 2019, prefer to stay in their country (mainland, Corsica and overseas) this summer. BVA-Entreprises du Voyage conducted another survey of 1,055 people and gathered almost the same opinions: 59% of the French want to go on vacation this summer, and more than four-fifths of them will choose metropolitan France.

In travel agencies, "the bulk of bookings, i.e. 80%, concerned France, and 20% abroad, mainly for Greece and the Balearic Islands," confirms Jean-Pierre Mas, president of Entreprises du Voyage (EdV) to Air journal. "This ratio is completely reversed. Usually, travel agency sales, in terms of number of passengers, are 33% for France, including overseas, and 66% for abroad," he specifies.

And to summarize: "It’s intuitive, but the French want proximity, to speak the same language, and also, even if they don’t say so, a reassuring health system".