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Culture, sports and entertainment suffer biggest losses because of Covid-19 pandemic

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In July 44.6% of the companies operating in the fields of culture, sports and entertainment have registered a decrease in sales revenues as compared to the previous month, a survey of the National Statistical Institute about the state of the economy amidst pandemic show. 37.6% of the companies in the industrial sector, the transport sector and the restaurant business registered a decline in sales revenues. 32.8% of the companies in the construction sector registered decrease in sales revenues. 21.2% of the real estate companies registered decrease in sales revenues in the period.




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