French civil servants delivered France's tourism industry another blow today, as workers including hospital and aviation staff joined the nationwide protests.
The already-weeklong rail strike that overshadowed the opening of the new St Pancras Eurostar service could now affect air travel as well.
French public accounts minister Eric Woerth told French radio: "When you prevent people from getting to places, obviously that can be a problem at some point."
Only half of the country's high speed trains were in operation, less than half of Parisian bus services and around a third of metros were operating on Tuesday.
All tourists either in France already, or intending to travel, could potentially be affected while the strikes continue.
The latest strike by public sector workers is in protest at rising living costs and job cuts across the civil service.
Bus drivers and some 500,000 train drivers have been striking for about seven days already. The 5.2 million-strong public sector workforce represents around one fifth of France's total.
Finance minister Christine Lagarde estimates the strike is costing the country around £290 million per day.
