{"id":1269,"date":"2020-07-21T14:22:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T19:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whitehutchinson.com\/blog\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2020-07-21T14:22:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T19:22:58","slug":"comfort-for-visiting-leisure-entertainment-and-cultural-destinations-continues-to-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whitehutchinson.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/comfort-for-visiting-leisure-entertainment-and-cultural-destinations-continues-to-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfort for visiting leisure, entertainment and cultural destinations continues to decline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Morning Consult has been polling Americans every two weeks on their comfort levels of engaging in different out-of-home leisure activities. For every activity tracked, the comfort level was on an upswing into the second week in June, after which it has been on a steady decline. Their polls saw a drop in comfort level for every activity and across multiple demographics. Even going out to eat at a restaurant, which has consistently shown the highest comfort level, has dropped 5 percentage points to just slightly more than one-third (36%) of people feeling comfortable doing it right now. Here\u2019s a sample of some of the public activities and their respective comfort levels since the end of April through the middle of July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The poll results show that this increased caution to visit public activities is true for all types of out-of-home leisure, entertainment and cultural venues, which include location-based entertainment (LBE), family entertainment centers (FECs) and amusement parks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Results also showed that 2 in 5 adults said they won\u2019t feel safe going to an amusement park, the movies, a concert or a museum until at least 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polls by Sense360 have found a rising fear in response to the recent surge in Covid-29 infections. In their June 12-18 poll, 31% of adults said the coronavirus is an even bigger threat than people realize. The percentage has been rising since. In their July 10-15 poll, it was 5 percentage points higher at 36% of people now saying it is an even bigger threat than people realize. Their poll also found 4 out of 10 people (42%) not expecting a return to \u201cnormal\u201d daily activity for longer than six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19 has also caused nearly half of people (48%) to cancel vacation plans as of the end of June.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Until the threat of coronavirus infections is seriously reduced, and probably not until there is a vaccine and we achieve herd immunity, can we expect a significant financial recovery back to 2019 levels of revenue for any type of location-based leisure, entertainment or cultural business.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow me on Twitter<\/a> and Linkedin<\/a> \u2013 I try to post a few news and information items that are relevant to the out-of-home leisure, LBE and FEC industries a few times each weekday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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