Decryption – Quarters are transformed to attract more visitors, to the chagrin of the inhabitants, who show their fed up. “Paris and its first crown will not be able to welcome more people,” warns the assistant of Anne Hidalgo in charge of tourism.
“I am fed up”blows Marie, since the step of the entrance to her building, in Montmartre, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. This 47 -year -old mother is dismayed by the incessant flow of tourists who invade the sidewalks of her darling district, from morning to evening. The alleys around the famous hill are crowded, suitcases slam on the cobblestones, some visitors suddenly stop in front of the storefronts of tape-to-is, others absolutely photograph everything they see. A stir-house that ruins the daily life of Montmartrois, forced to play elbows to do their shopping, take the metro or simply leave their home.
If the formerly bohemian hill has become a symbol of surcourism, anger also rises in other districts of Paris, confronted with the same crowds. “The capital has turned into a large Disneyland”regrets Patrick Aboukrat, President of the Marais Paris Committee. From one arrondissement to another, the same surreal scene repeats itself. Huge tourism cars are circulating and park at their will to deposit their customers. “With the implementation of the limited traffic area, we wanted to get the tourist buses out of the city, but the state refused”is justified Frédéric Hocquard, tourism assistant to the mayor of Paris. These…