Global: “Nightlife claims $1,500 billion loss due to COVID-19 pandemic”

Thousands of nightlife venues around the world were forced to shut down due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak to respect the safety and well-being of staff and clients and also to avoid the spread of the virus.

Despite many nightlife venues being shut down, countries like Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, and Switzerland have opened nightlife activities again, though with many restrictions such as early curfew, capacity restrictions, and operating as restaurants or bars. On the contrary, nightlife in countries such as Italy, Cyprus, Spain (allowed to open for a short period of time without dance floor), the UK, and Belgium have no chance to operate at the moment.