TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Occupancy rates at some Paris hotels dropped by more than 30 percent following the terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015, according to a company that tracks hotel industry data, as quoted by the Associated Press.
STR Global, a hotel benchmarking company, said that compared with the same dates in 2014, occupancy rates were 39 percent lower last Saturday and 33 percent lower on Sunday, according to the company's report.
Restaurants, small shops, department stores and tourist sites have also been affected. The French government said after a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, November 25, 2015, that businesses that had suffered a financial hit could get extensions on tax and loan payments as a means of softening the blow.
France is among the world's top tourist destinations. Several museums in Paris closed in the days after the attacks.
AP