Taylor Swift may attract more U.S. travelers to Paris than Olympics
Taylor Swift is playing a four-night stint in Paris, jump-starting the 18-city European leg of the Eras Tour, and she may have drawn more Americans to France than the upcoming Olympics.
Jack Ezon, the CEO of Embark Beyond, a luxury travel agency based in New York City, said that Swift is generating five times the bookings as the summer games, as first reported in the Strait Times.
Although there is still time to arrange trips for the Olympics, held from July 26-Aug. 11, Ezon said his company has booked more than 200 Parisian vacations for Swifties.
Swift changed up her three-plushour show to incorporate her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” The updates have driven up excitement and demand for the Eras Tour with American fans wanting to see the modified show.
“The tickets to go to Indianapolis are like $5,000 apiece,” said Stephanie Gottschalk while waiting in line for the second Paris show with her daughter Brooklynn. “For us to fly here, stay in the hotel and buy the tickets was about $5,000 total. So half the price. And we got to experience Europe. We got to go to the Eiffel Tower and create memories that we’re going to remember for the rest of our lives.”
The Eras Tour will head back to the U.S. in the fall with October and November.