Insee Focus · April 2023 · n° 297

Due to the health crisis, the share of tourism in France's GDP falls from 4.1% in 2019 to 3.0% in 2021

In 2021, as in 2020, tourism GDP represented 3.0% of France's GDP. Before the Covid-19 health crisis, it amounted to 4.1% of GDP. The restriction of travel, the mandatory closures have strongly affected the activity of accommodation, transport, restaurants and beverage-serving services, as well as cultural, sports and leisure activities, which are characteristic of tourism. The decline in activity was sharper in tourism in 2020 than in the rest of the economy and was not offset by the recovery in 2021.