Boosting the potential of urban nightlife

Note rapide Economy, #32

20 February 2020ContactCarine Camors, Odile Soulard, Chloé Bihan (Association de médiation pour un usage optimal de la nuit (AMUON)/Les Nuits du Futur), Jeanne Gorisse (Association de médiation pour un usage optimal de la nuit (AMUON)/Les Nuits du Futur), Frantz Steinbach (Association de médiation pour un usage optimal de la nuit (AMUON)/Les Nuits du Futur)

The intensity of night activity in France’s capital region reflects the great vigour of its cultural, festive and leisure life. Indeed, night activities are practised as much by Parisians and inhabitants of the Paris Region as by tourists. However, the full potential of nightlife for cultural, economic and tourist development has been underestimated and the local authorities have yet to leverage nightlife to foster the development of the cultural, festive and leisure sector.

For further reading, go to The Role of Culture in World Cities

 

 

This study is linked to the following theme :
Economy


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