Covid 19 coronavirus: Bay of Plenty business leaders and owners reeling
28 Feb, 2021 06:15 AM
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The hospitality and tourism sectors are expected to be hardest hit with the new alert levels. Photo / Getty Images
The hospitality and tourism sectors are expected to be hardest hit with the new alert levels. Photo / Getty Images
Soul-destroying, more business closures, more job losses, immense pressure and financial stress. These are some of the comments from Bay business leaders as the region comes to grips with another stint at alert level 2.
Tauranga is expected to fare much better than Rotorua but the impacts would hit tourism and hospitality the most - with tens of thousands of dollars of bookings being cancelled.