Question 17997 — tourism and leisure

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Mr. Benjamin Lucas-Lundy alerts the Minister of National Education and Youth about the state of the right to vacation in the country. Going on vacation is a central tool for building citizenship, emancipation, social cohesion and the fight against poverty. However, it remains marked by profound inequalities. In 2023, 40% of French people will not go on vacation compared to 37% the previous year, including three million children. A survey of July 2023 for the Jean Jaurès Foundation highlights a quantitative and qualitative reduction in going on vacation. For many households, this constitutes a powerful marker of downgrading which affects social cohesion and fuels a feeling of anger. However, 57% of French people support the establishment of a real public vacation policy. Many associative actors are also committed to this right. While 52% of French people with minor children say they have already given up on sending their children away for the summer for financial reasons, Secours populaire reminds us: “Holidays are like soup, they make you grow!” ". Article 140 of the orientation law relating to the fight against exclusions already establishes going on vacation as a national objective making it possible to guarantee the effective exercise of citizenship, in consistency with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is urgent to make going on vacation a real, effective right and to work to combat its financial, transport and accommodation obstacles, as well as psychological obstacles. This involves emergency support for structures (CAF, popular education actors) in difficulty and a long-term commitment of public authorities to this right. He questions him about the concrete responses provided to allow the entire population to go on vacation, particularly the poorest and most discriminated against.

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1. 21 May 2024

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