The DĂ©lĂ©gation InterministĂ©rielle au Projet Euro Disneyland Ă Paris in late December released an extensive study on the economic impact of the Disneyland Paris since its opening on the local economy covering the time up to and including 2008. While everyone following the development of the resort and the numbers of guests it attracts certainly will have expected that it had a long-term impact on the area and its economy the extent of the impact might be surprising to some. It has been repeated over and over that Disneyland Paris is “the number one tourist destination in Europe” with 15.6 million guests in 2008 – as also once again confirmed by Daniel Canepa, head of the DĂ©lĂ©gation InterministĂ©riell”, at the presentation of the study. Just for comparison its “best local competitors” regarding visitor numbers: MusĂ©e du Louvre – 8.4 millions, Tour Eiffel – 6.7 million, Versailles – 5.6 millions, MusĂ©e d’Orsay – 3 millions and Centre Pompidou – 2,7 million (all data from 2008) … so no risk that they may get ahead of DLp anytime soon.
But would you have guessed that the resort is the fifth most important hotel location in all of France after Paris, Lourdes, Nice and Lyon (based and occupancy) and is responsible for more than 10.11% of the total number of hotel nights booked in the Ile-de-France region and up to 71% of the hotel nights booked in the Seine-et-Marne area? Quite impressive, especially as the resort only makes up 4.,73% of the hotel capacity in Ile-de-France and 46.8% of the hotel capacity in Seine-et-Marne indicating much higher occupancy rates than the hotels outside the resort. (more…)
