The new restrictions have only further reduced the number of tourists, who, from mid-May through October, help generate most of the revenue for these businesses.
All 50 states are now partially reopened for business after a devastating March and April. Here's what happened throughout May.Every year, more than 20 million visitors flock to Boston's Faneuil Hall Marketplace, which, after being closed for several months, reopened July 1."There is no foot traffic," business owner Sara Youngelson told ABC News."It is so far and few between, it's just been really, really tough.
Visitors walk outside Faneuil Hall Marketplace, one of Boston's most popular tourist destinations, as it reopens to the public, Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Boston.As novel coronavirus cases surged across the country, Massachusetts and seven other Northeast states -- Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New York and New Jersey -- implemented a 14-day self-quarantines, albeit with regulations that varied by state.
"As states around the country experience increasing community spread, New York is taking action to ensure the continued safety of our phased reopening," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday."Our entire response to this pandemic has been by the numbers, and we've set metrics for community spread just as we set metrics for everything."
Popular destinations such as Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, for which tourism is"the lifeblood of the economy," are really struggling, said Alf Anderson, executive director of the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce. Much of the money these businesses earn during the summer sustains them throughout the winter, explained Ochtera, who said she's only making about 20% of what she earned in 2019.
"People would rather stay home and barbecue," said Julia Kurdyla, manager of the Country Kettle Fudge shop in Beach Haven.
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