Performance Monitor – December 2020

In December 2020, 58% of businesses were closed during as a result of COVID-19, 37% were closed for part of the month and just 5% had remained open. Those businesses still open to some degree were operating at -61% turnover levels compared to December 2019. Compared to the whole of 2019 it is estimated that approximately £232 million of anticipated tourism business turnover has been lost on the English Riviera during 2020 due to COVID-19, 55% of the total anticipated turnover for the year.