BBCNEWS BBC News February 21, 2022 09:57:00
I would say about 40% of businesses that were on the mall have closed or changed hands. it's not going to be a magic recovery. it's a scary time. you don't want to go to a foreign country and get stuck, so maybe it'll be quite a slow start, but hopefully it'll build up and people will feel safe coming to our beautiful country again. forest fires devastated parts of the world heritage blue mountains before covid struck. the past few years haven't been easy for restaurants and other businesses. up here, we had the bushfires at the end of 2019, and that was fairly devastating for the businesses u...