One in ten pubs closed doors during last year, says industry figure

One in ten pubs in the Czech Republic has been forced to close during the last year, the president of the Czech Association of Hotels and Restaurants, Pavel Hlinka, told Thursday’s edition of Lidové noviny. The closures are blamed on the financial crisis and increased taxes. Meanwhile, the head of brewers’ group the Czech Beer and Malt Association, Jan Veselý, told the newspaper that its members expect a 4.5 percent fall in sales in 2009 to be repeated this year.

Author: Jan Richter