Algarve businesses can t bear another summer like 2020 By TPN/Lusa, in Algarve · 14-05-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
Business owners in the Algarve can t bear another summer like that of 2020, with the pandemic seriously affecting almost 9 out of 10 companies.
According to a survey by the Algarve Region Trade and Services Association (ACRAL), of the members who responded to the survey with the theme Impact on the local economy: effects caused by Covid-19 , the majority (92 percent) have micro-businesses with less than 10 workers and 66.7 percent belong to commerce. If by chance, the summer of 2021 is the same or worse than the summer of 2020, the winter season could be extremely dramatic for the future of the sustainability of Algarve businesses, ACRAL president Paulo Alentejano warned, quoted in a state