Here's how COVID-19 has affected Chapel Hill tourism

Posted Aug 3, 2020
As the nation deals with the economic impacts from COVID-19, the pandemic has also taken its toll on Chapel Hill's hospitality and tourism industry. Laurie Paolicelli, executive director of the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau, said using hotel occupancy as a metric, the hotel industry is down nearly 70 percent, according to reports from April to June. (Daily Tar Heel)

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