The Boss Of A Tourism Board In The UK Has Today Warned How Business Owners In The Hospitality Sector Are Committing Suicide Due To The Financial Pressures They Are Facing In The Midst Of The

The boss of a tourism board in the UK has today warned how business owners in the hospitality sector are committing suicide due to the financial pressures they are facing in the midst of the [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] crisis.
James Mason, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, says the UK's £50billion international tourism industry could lose up to '90 per cent' of its trade if the government implements a 14 day quarantine on all travellers entering Britain from next month.  
And he warned that some business owners have already taken their lives due to the pressures.
Speaking on [/news/bbc/index.html BBC] Radio Four's Today programme, he said:  ‘It's been a challenge, people are going out of business.
The boss of a tourism board in the UK has today warned how business owners in the hospitality sector are committing suicide due to the financial pressures they are facing in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.

Pictured: Tourism hotspots such as Brighton Beach are still busy despite lockdown
'People are actually committing suicide because it's so difficult to get through this period where you are losing your house especially if you are a Bed and Breakfast owner. 
‘Tourism is worth £127billion to the UK economy, £88billion domestic and you can make the rest up at £50bn for international tourists.
'So it's a huge dent to our economy.

Not having international tourists this summer is a big challenge for us.' 
He added: ‘The quarantine is a real challenge because 90 per cent of all international travel is for 14 days or less so that would wipe us out.'
James Mason, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, says the UK's £50billion foreign tourism industry could lose up to '90 per cent' of its trade if the government implements a 14 day quarantine on all travellers entering Britain from next month.
Mr Mason said Welcome to Yorkshire was planning a campaign to extend the campaign and draw in more tourists later in the year, in the hope more restrictions could be lifted by then.
His comments come as the head of Britain's tourist board this week told MPs that the industry had lost £37billion in trade since lockdown began.
Patricia Yates, who heads Visit Britain, told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee that while she hopes that domestic tourism this summer could pick up the slack and help alleviate some of the losses from the international sector, a 'lack of confidence' among people around travelling is a concern.
She said: 'You've got a collapse of the supply industry as well as collapse of demand and really to get British tourism up and running this summer, and the summer is hugely important, you're going to need that domestic audience.
'I think the worrying thing we see is the lack of confidence in the British public about travelling.'
Ms Yates, loveeasytravel.simplesite.com who is the acting chief executive officer at Visit Britain, discussed the proposals today at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee
She said there is a 'a real job to be done there in convincing people that it's socially responsible to travel and enjoy a holiday, and that it's safe to do so'.
Her comments were echoed by Ros Pritchard, director general of the British Holiday and Home Park Association, who said there had been cases of 'vigilantes' in some communities nervous of people visiting after weeks of tourists being told to stay away.
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-312b3040-9b7e-11ea-a47c-7ba7a1cfa4c1" website chief warns business owners are 'committing suicide'