Fingers crossed at France's brasseries and cafes as tourist quarantines loom

Numbers of foreign visitors are already down - and the fresh surge of Covid cases could spell the end for the holiday season

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In a normal August, the much-loved miniature tourist train in the French port city of Sete would be full of tourists from Britain and elsewhere, enjoying the ride.

Optimistically, the manager, Romiy Priore, took steps to make his attraction safe for Covid times. With the virus, we decided to order disposable earphones for the start of the season on 23 June - 100 of them," he says, huddling behind a Perspex screen in a cool cabin on the quayside. It's August, and I still have 70 left. That tells you how many foreign tourists we currently have."