Pubs, restuarnts, hotels and other tourist accommodation are facing a battle to stay afloat during the pandemic
SCOTLAND’S pubs, restaurants and hotels may not recover from the pandemic until 2022 and is dependent on a global suppression of the virus, MSPs have been warned.
Hospitality leaders have warned that businesses continue to be closed “on a daily basis” with Government support labelled “totally inadequate” to allow traders to cover the costs of enforced closures or restrictions.
Appearing in front of Holyrood’s Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee, Willie Macleod, executive director for Scotland at UK Hospitality, issued a stark warning amid the “total absence of international tourism and travel” during the pandemic.