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Toronto lost $8.35B in tourist activity due to 1st year of COVID-19 pandemic
Destination Toronto, the COVID-19 pandemic has cost the city’s economy $8.35 billion due to a drop in tourism and hospitality spending.Some of the hardest hit sectors include:Also lost from reduced tourism was $1.44 billion in unrealized tax revenue for the federal, provincial and municipal governments. Coronavirus: Toronto’s tourism industry likely to lose billions in revenue, officials say Destination Toronto said the analysis comes from the “visitor economy study” that was released in late 2019 produced by Tourism Economics (in partnership with the Toronto Region Board of Trade).