{"id":2457399,"date":"2020-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/business-monday-aspen-tourism-bottoms-out-with-pandemic-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2020-04-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T06:00:00","slug":"business-monday-aspen-tourism-bottoms-out-with-pandemic-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/business-monday-aspen-tourism-bottoms-out-with-pandemic-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Monday: Aspen tourism bottoms out with pandemic shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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April is looking fairly cruel to Aspen tourism, according to a report issued last week.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s what happens \u2014 \u201call bad news, I\u2019m afraid,\u201d Aspen Skiing Co. vice president of sales Kristi Kavanaugh said in the company\u2019s occupancy update Friday \u2014 when a global pandemic causes hotels and lodges to shut down.<\/p>\n

Paid occupancy in Aspen this month is on track to hit the 0.6% mark \u2014 nearly half of 1% \u2014 which equates to a 98.1% drop in lodging business over April 2019 when lodges had a 32.4% booking rate, according to a report compiled by DestiMetrics, which examines visitor data at American ski resorts.<\/p>\n

The winter was pacing ahead of last year in occupancy until public health orders took effect in mid-March<\/a> to curb the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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