Tourism and hotel professionals in Paris are hoping to make up for lost time with the showcase effect that the Olympics will have on their bookings for the coming seasons.
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00:00With four weeks to go until the start of the Olympic Games,
00:04tourists seem to be turning their backs on Paris.
00:07Expected to be a record-breaking summer, observers say the hotel industry
00:12in Paris is in a state of disarray. For a hotel at the foot of Montmartre,
00:17June has been nothing like the previous month. The hotel is only half
00:21full compared with at least 80 percent in recent years.
00:30Tourism and hotel professionals are hoping to make up for lost time with the showcase
00:52effects that the Olympics will have on their bookings for the coming seasons.
00:56The Games will take place from the 26th of July to the 11th of August.