The French tourist industry received a further boost Wednesday with the partial reopening of Disneyland Paris and the opening up of the top floor of the Eiffel Tower.
Disneyland Paris, Europe's most frequented theme park resort, is partially re-opening to the public, four months after it closed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Also Wednesday the top floor of Paris' Eiffel Tower re-opened. The 19th century iron monument, one of the French capital's most visited attractions, partially re-opened its first two floors on June 26 following its longest closure since World War II. The monument's managing director Patrick Branco Ruivo remained upbeat about the short-term future for tourism at the Eiffel Tower and in Paris more broadly.
One visitor, 37-year old Damien Testard from the Paris suburbs, said that he was "delighted" about his Wednesday trip to the Eiffel Tower, in particular one that was "without too many people."
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