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(Radio France Internationale).- IN Paris facility security perimeter Olympic Games restricts access to banks Sign and its islands, presenting an exceptional landscape in An area that is usually crowded with tourists. The streets are half deserted, populated fences And policeThere is practically no movement, to the point that the sound of water can be heard.

“We’ve been blocked”

To enter the center of the capital you will need QR code, something that most visitors did not expect. This has had a direct impact on business. which have almost no customers, according to an employee of a nearby souvenir shop. Notre Dame Cathedral:

We are locked down, all the businesses are closed and there is no one there. I thought we would charge more, but unfortunately it is empty.

A situation that also surprises tourists, because Chloe Gibsona Scot who is visiting the city for the second time with friends. “It definitely seems a lot calmer. We’re a bit surprised lack of atmosphereespecially before the Olympics. And yeah, when the Games are going on and stuff, it’s a lot more stressful to get around the city,” he says.

Ice cream seller They explain to us that they were informed about QR access, but they did not know that the area in this place would be fenced off.

People are afraid to go through police checkpoints, so they no longer walk along our street, which is very crowded with tourists.

“It’s not worth it”

This has changed the opening hours of businesses and most of them have chosen to close. This is the case with second-hand booksellerslegendary booksellers on the banks of the Seine. Christian Nabet, a second-hand bookseller with 40 years of experience comments on this “On good days there are one or two clients, That’s why my colleagues don’t open up because it’s not worth it.”