Outdoor recreation has
been a boon to
many rural areas across the nation, but the coronavirus pandemic is expected to hurt local economies that depend especially on tourism and leisure, according to a
new analysis from
The Brookings Institution. Towns that rely on oil and gas production will also likely be disproportionately affected.
The layoffs have already begun,
The Washington Post reports. "We will definitely see an effect on jobs from the coronavirus, and it could be pretty large in leisure and hospitality,” Julia Pollak, a labor economist at
ZipRecruiter, told the Post. "The first thing we’ll see is a reduction in hours. We hear many reports of employers canceling staff everywhere except in health care."
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