“Un petit peu désolé”. It was with this expression, which in Portuguese means something like “I’m a little sorry”, that Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris-2024 Organizing Committee, defined the Sheet the feeling regarding the inconvenience caused to residents, tourists and merchants of the French capital with the security perimeter implemented for the Olympic Games.
Since last Thursday (18) and until the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games (26), the entire area around the Seine River, along six kilometers, has been closed to unauthorized vehicle and pedestrian traffic. The intention is to prevent a terrorist attack during the event, which for the first time in Olympic history will take place outside a stadium.
The result of the measure is that some of the most touristic areas of Paris, such as the area around the Louvre museum and Notre-Dame cathedral, are practically deserted, at a time when there would be heavy tourist traffic.
“Using so many iconic places cannot be done without restrictions,” Estanguet explained. “We made this decision knowing that there would be impacts. We tried to minimize this interruption time as much as possible. We are aware of the significant constraints that we are imposing on the entire population, on restaurant owners. We do not see the Games [em Paris] 100 years ago, that’s why we were so ambitious.” Read more (07/21/2024 – 12:02)
Source: Folha
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