The impact of the epidemic of the crown disease and the decline in the tourists visiting Global Studios in Beijing, resulting in a decline in the profit of the park. Universal Studios also reduced the employees of about 25%during the closure of the epidemic.
According to the Wall Street Journal on Monday (September 12), people familiar with the matter revealed that during the outbreak of the Beijing crown disease in Beijing to June, the theme parks and two hotels in Global Studios in BeijingUnder the control of the epidemic, it must be stopped for eight weeks, and Universal Studios also decided to reduce some employees at the time.
According to some of them, as of the end of August, the number of people in the social group group of the park was about 9,000, which was about 25%less than when the park opened.Speaking of Universal Studios can provide 14,000 new jobs.
A spokesman at the Global Theme Park and Resort of the United States NBC Global Corporation said that during the outbreak, the company adjusted the level and salary of its administrative and professionals. "We are the same as other companies as other companies.In the process of dealing with the popularity, he had to make difficult decisions, "but he still said that he was optimistic about the reorganization of the park.
People familiar with the matter revealed that after the park was closed on May 1st, the park decided to dismiss some employees, and at the same time, it also reduced the salary of employees, and some employees resigned voluntarily.Even though the park is reopened on June 25, it is necessary to comply with some epidemic prevention regulations. For example, the park must be closed every Thursday to 7 pm, and night lighting performances must not be held.
In addition, the park has also closed some facilities, shopping areas, restaurants and other facilities, reflecting the downturn in the park's business.However, a spokesman for the park said that this was to abide by the epidemic prevention regulations that the park had to close some facilities.
Reported that although during the summer vacation, many tourists can still be seen in the park, including the laboratory time of popular amusement projects such as the deformation King Kong theme roller coaster, Harry Potter, and taboos.above.But at the beginning of September after the end of the summer vacation, tourists visiting the park immediately declined. Applications in the park showed that most of the waiting time for amusement facilities dropped to only 5 to 10 minutes, and the longest was only half an hour.
The US NBC Global Mother Company, COMCAST, said at a July financial report and television conference that Beijing Universal Studios has a loss of revenue in the second quarter of this year.Brian Roberts, chairman of Conserst, said at the conference that although the company's theme park business increased by 65%year -on -year in the second quarter of this year, most of them benefited from the increase in the number of tourists and tourists in the United States and Japan.There are not many contributions to Beijing.
Beijing Universal Studios opened in September last year and was warmly welcomed by the public.Even if the Sino -US relations have deteriorated, the Beijing Capital Tourism Group is still expected to visit 10 million to 12 million tourists each year.However, with the outbreak of the crown disease, the number of domestic tourists in China declined sharply.The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China said that the number of domestic tourists in China in the first half of this year decreased by 22%compared with the same period last year, and tourism revenue fell by 28%.
As of the end of this year, a total of 2.1 million tourists visited the park.
In addition, Mainland China has added 188 local diagnosis cases and 727 symptoms of non -symptoms infected, of which 126 local confirmed cases and 84 symptoms of non -symptoms in infection are added in the severe epidemic area.In Tibet, there were 11 new local diagnosis cases and 199 symptoms of non -symptoms, and Guizhou also notified 145 symptoms of non -symptoms.