Vermont tourism industry down an estimated $700 million

More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, Vermont’s tourism industry is estimated to be down about $700 million to date.

MONTPELIER, Vt.

More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, Vermont’s tourism industry is estimated to be down about $700 million to date, according to the state Department of Tourism.

Losses to the ski industry make up about a seventh of that loss in revenue, WPTZ-TV reported. And the towns surrounding ski areas and local businesses have also taken a big hit. “We are losing money in a way I never would have imagined being able to sustain,” said Benjy Adler, the owner of The Skinny Pancake, which has restaurants in Stowe, Burlington, Montpelier and Quechee.

It will take more than a strong spring and summer for local businesses to start to recover, according to the department. Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe temporarily cut pay for upper management and froze wages for a period, said Sam von Trapp, director and executive vice president, Now it’s expecting its biggest wedding season this summer, he said.

“I think it’s going to be a long time before we see a full recovery and I don’t even know what a full recovery will look like,” said von Trapp. There will be certain things that we will be changed, which will be changed forever,” von Trapp said.

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