Season 2022: Tourists traveled “in force” to Luxembourg
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LUXEMBOURG – Tourism Minister Lex Delles noted this Friday a “strong recovery” in tourist numbers in the Grand Duchy for three months.
Lex Delles admits it will be difficult to do as well as 2019, a “record year” for tourism in Luxembourg. But the DP Minister of Tourism, who presented his new strategy this Friday morning (see box), notes a strong recovery in attendance since March.
“The months of January and February were bad since there were still restrictions,” he says. For the month of April, I do not yet have the exact figures, but hoteliers, both in Luxembourg and in rural areas, tell me that they have an occupancy rate of 70 to 80%, as in 2019”. The Minister adds that hoteliers and campsites have registered reservations until August-September. “It looks good,” he rejoices.
A hundred people around a table
In order to precisely boost tourism this summer, the ministry has launched a new offer called “Vakanz geneissen(registrations from June 6), as part of the campaign “Lëtzebuerg, dat ass Vakanz”. The principle ? Gather a hundred people around a table, installed on “idyllic” tourist sites, such as the Dräi Eechelen museum in Luxembourg or the Breechkaul amphitheater in the Mullerthal. As a mobile installation, the table will be set up and taken down at six different locations during the weekends from July 23 to August 28, 2022. Cooked up by local chefs, the dinners will “savor regional products and highlight the know-how of the national soil”, notes the ministry.
As a reminder, “Lëtzebuerg, dat ass Vakanz” also includes the following projects: “Velosummer” (the opening throughout the country of privileged routes for cyclists), “Movewecarry.lu” (luggage transport for hikers and cyclists) and “Guide For One Day” (the possibility of discovering unusual places as a one-day guide).
“Mënschen, Regiounen an Ekonomie”, the new tourism strategy presented this Friday by Minister Lex Delles is based on three pillars. It thus aims to improve the quality of life for residents, cross-border workers and tourists; engage visitors through “authentic and surprising” experiences; and strengthen the economy, “thanks to professional actors and successful companies”.