English and American tourists are returning after two summers of epidemics

They’re back! After leaving France during two years of strong health restrictions, English and American tourists return to Touraine… Their happiness, but also the happiness of tourism professionals.

British on the first step of the platform

Set on a small tourist train called Tours, Kevin and his family arrive straight from England. “We came two years before Covid, but we stopped at Le Mans!” Now that traveling is easier, they are back in Tours. “Friends asked us to come here, which is great.” Like many Englishmen, they are won by Touraine: They were the first foreign visitors to the department.

Second, it’s another big comeback Americans. “It’s our first time traveling after Covid and it’s great”Julia smiles as she departs from California. “We missed it for two years.”

A real difference for tourism professionals

A return It also delights tourism professionals. Laurence Lanzard is the driver and host of the small tours train. “The train is filling up faster than last year. We are starting an hour earlier than 2021.” The same goes for the lower palaces. “For us American tourists, that still represents 15,000 visitors a year.”‘s director Henry Carvalho explains Fort Willantry.

According to the Tours tourist office, after the British and Americans The Belgians are on the third step of the podium Foreign tourists in Indre-et-Loire. But the first visitors, all types combined, Tourangeaux!