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By Scott Wright SCOTTISH tourism businesses are continuing to operate at well below usual levels, despite the easing of coronavirus restrictions, a new survey of hotels, restaurants, pubs and cafes has found. And companies in the sector are facing a recruitment crisis sparked by Brexit and the fall-out from the pandemic. As the industry pins its hopes on trading levels recovering over the key summer season, a survey carried out by the Scottish Tourism Alliance has found that occupancy was sitting at below 20% for May, June and July at nearly half of accommodation providers (41% to 45%). In Scotland s cities, 94% of hotels reported occupancy levels of below 50% in May. The proportion forecasting occupancy of under 50% rises to 98% in June, before easing to 87% in July.
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