i live and work in chamonix. i've been here for 35 years now.ow with very few tourists is extremely strange. it's one that i have never experienced. yes, it's a very sad situation for all of the people who depend on tourism for their livelihoods. like other european countries, france has decided to shut its restaurants and bars, and a curfew now moved to 6pm it's a major blow for the people working here in the valley. there's no talk of reopening yet though, the government has confirmed that ski lifts will remain shut in february. i'm sure the season is dead, i'm sure about that. compared to december last year, our turnover is down by 62%, which is enormous. and because of this, i have been employing only four seasonals instead of 21 normally. at the moment, our clients are the locals and we have also people coming from switzerland — a few of them. but there is no more foreigners in chamonix and this is how we live normally with the foreigners and for the moment, we don't have any. although we found one group of foreigners who seem to enjoy thei