Park People
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very strong, because you have the Christmas market, so we will probably open up for a few weeks in winter when you will see snow on the mountains, it could be extremely nice.
Just one more thing – how will you cope with the new rate of tax imposed on French parks and attractions? You know, the French love tax! Before our industry was subsidised because we create a lot of jobs and investment in places where there are no more factories or anything, but the taxes were so low the government decided even we should pay more tax. The TVA [Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée] has gone up from 5.5% to 7% and now maybe 10% in 2014. It’s bad news, but that’s life and we have no choice, you have to go on. It will be quite difficult for some operators, but we hav included the new rate of tax in our business plan, and maybe it will be a little easier for us than those who were already paying the lower rate.
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Balloons and bars in the sky
Aerophile has supplied more than 60 tethered balloons to 30 countries, as well operating its own sites in Paris, Disneyland Paris and Futuroscope in France, Bologna in Italy, and in the USA at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Walt Disney World, Orlando; Orange County Great Park and San Diego, California.
L’Aérobar at Futuroscope
This season the company unveiled its newest attraction concept when it launched L’Aérobar at Futuroscope. Guests order their drinks and nibbles then climb aboard the 12-passenger gondola and fasten their seatbelt ready to be elevated 35m (115ft) above the park. “The concept has worked amazing well at Futuroscope,” says
Aerophile boss Giacomoni. “I was pleasantly surprised by the results, nearly a 90% occupancy all summer. It’s got great potential.”
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The
Balloon of Paris
BELOW: L’Aérobar at Futuroscope
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