France’s tourism sector has taken a beating following the coronavirus outbreak, according to the country’s finance minister, reports CNBC.
“We have less tourists, of course, in France, about 30%, 40% less than expected,” Bruno Le Maire told CNBC’s Dan Murphy on Sunday at the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meetings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“That’s, of course, an important impact for the French economy,” he said.
The new coronavirus infection first surfaced in late 2019 in the Chinese city Wuhan, and the disease has since killed nearly 2,500 people in China.