Following the hostage taking of the 13th of November 2015 and the July 2016 Nice attack , the French Government decided to raise the tax on insurance contracts from 3.30 € to 5.90 € per contract generating a benefit of 140 € million euros which were redistributed to the victims and their families . Tourism was largely impacted by the terrorist attacks of 2015 . Following the week of the 13th , restaurants ( especially gourmet ones ) , movie theatres , museums ( Louvre , Grand Palais , … ) and fashion galleries ( Lafayette , Printemps Haussman ) experienced a downfall of visitor rate up to 50 % . This phenomenon was all more so disastrous for the economy as it occurred a couple weeks before Christmas
July 2016 Nice attack
2016 Nice truck attack
ISIL-related terror attacks in France