More than 200 miles of roads in and around Paris are reported to be clogged with traffic Friday as a General strike, directed at the President of Emmanuel Macron plans to overhaul the country?s pension system continues to wreak havoc on commuters and tourists.

The second day in a row, subway station, surrounding the Eiffel tower and other attractions were closed, leaving visitors scrambling ways to get around one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.

? I arrived in Paris today, but I got stuck for about two hours just trying to find a bus or train, ” Zain Shoii, a tourist from Pakistan, reported Associated Press. “But it was all pending, so I’m just waiting for the next bus now.?

And disruptions to travel are expected to disappear in the near future as the unions on strike are standing firm in their opposition to the Makron.

? We’ll protest in the course of a week, at least, and at the end of this week?s the government is going to retreat? About it to Agency Reuters said the employee of the transport Patrick DOS Santos.

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A man stands at a traffic light during a demonstration in Paris on Thursday. (AP)

The idea of Macron is to combine 42 different pension system of France in uniform, giving all workers the same General law. The so-called special modes associated with certain professions such as drivers of trains, allow employees to early retire, or to obtain other benefits.

But the reform also aimed at saving money, and teachers among many who worry that it will leave them with less money at the end of his career.

At least 800 000 people marched across France on Thursday in opposition to reform, as the strike closed schools and some public services, and destroyed hospitals and oil refineries.

Mass March that took place in Paris, started peacefully before some protesters clashed with police, who responded with tear gas. Other demonstrators were seen throwing missiles, smashing shop Windows and torching fires in the East of Paris.

Riot police guard the area as some protesters were seen smashing shop Windows, setting fire and throwing the torches in the East of Paris on Thursday. (AP)

Police arrested 71 people in the French capital on Thursday and clashes were also reported in the cities of Nantes, Bordeaux and Rennes, in accordance with the BBC.

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As of Friday morning, more than 217 miles of roads in and around Paris was snarled with traffic, the station adds. More than half of the 16 metro lines of the city remain closed and dozens of flights from major city airports canceled or delayed.

The government of Macron for several months negotiating with trade unions and other reforms, but would not divulge details of the proposed changes until next week. The government says it will keep the official retirement age of 62, but the plan is expected to encourage people to work longer.

People fill the streets during a demonstration in Paris on Thursday.

(AP)

The uncertainty of what this plan will entail, is fuelling public anxiety. Polls show most French people support the strike and protest movement, at least for now, in the hope that it pushes the government to pay more careful concerns of the workers.

Approximately seven out of 10 French workers are employed in the private sector, and strikes are carried out mainly in the public sector. But changes in retirement will affect everyone, and the demonstration was attended by workers of the private sector.

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Commuters and parents struggling to get to work and school Friday had mixed feelings about the strikes and the reform.

“I understand that striking is a constitutional right, but there must be at least a partial (subway) service,” the World of Galeni told the Associated Press of how she tried to get her son to school in the Eastern part of Paris. “It’s really a disaster for people and politicians should do something, because we really had enough. One day, that’s fine, but I think it will last longer.?

The associated Press contributed to this report.