Performance Monitor – April 2021
In April 2021, 73% of businesses were closed as a result of COVID-19, 18% were closed for part of the month and 10% had remained open. Those businesses still open to some degree were operating at -52% turnover levels compared to April 2019.
It is estimated that approximately £232 million of anticipated tourism business turnover was lost on the English Riviera during 2020 due to COVID-19, 55% of the total anticipated turnover for the year. An additional £101 million of anticipated tourism business turnover has been lost to the end of April 2021 resulting in a total loss to date on the English Riviera (including 2020) of approximately £333 million.