Performance Monitor – August 2020

To the end of August it is estimated that approximately £184 million of anticipated tourism business turnover has been lost on The English Riviera due to COVID-19 since February. 14% of turnover was lost in August (£10 mn), 50% of July turnover (£33 mn), 95% of June turnover (£43 mn), 99% in each case during May (£39 mn) and April (£35 mn), 81% of March turnover (£21 mn) and 14% of February turnover (£3.4 mn).

11% of English Riviera businesses were closed during August as a result of COVID-19 and 42% of those still open to some degree were operating at increased turnover levels compared to August 2019. The overall change in turnover for all businesses trading was +3% compared to August 2019.