The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had a significant impact on the short-term rental market in Italy in 2020. On February 11, the cancellation level of short-term rental property reservations reached 19 percent. On March 3, roughly a week before the beginning of the country's lockdown, the ratio of cancellations versus bookings increased significantly, reaching 145 percent. On March 10, one day after the start of the lockdown, this ratio reached 232 percent. After decreasing during the 2020 summer, the ratio fluctuated during the following months, reaching about 35 percent as of January 12, 2021. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought many disruptions to children’s education, including the education of children with intellectual (learning) disability and/or autism. We investigated the educational experiences of autistic children and children with an intellectual disability about a year after the COVID-19 pandemic started in the UK.

An online survey collected data during the summer/autumn of 2021 from 1,234 parents of 5 to 15 year-old children across all 4 UK countries. The study investigated school attendance and home learning experiences of children with intellectual disability and/or autistic children who were registered to attend school in 2021. The study also investigated the experience of Elective Home Education in families of children with a neurodevelopmental condition whose child was de-registered from school before and after the pandemic started in the UK in March 2020.

The study provided evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on school attendance and home education for children with a neurodevelopmental condition.

Education changed dramatically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools closed in 2019/20. There was compulsory return to school in September 2020 with measures in place to control infection and new regulations about COVID-19-related absences. School attendance in the first term of 2020-21 was lower compared to other years. Many children were de-registered from school. In early 2020-21, there was a second prolonged period of national school closures. The pandemic has caused many disruptions to children's education.

Children with neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs), in particular intellectual disability and autism, are the most vulnerable of vulnerable groups. Among children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), children with intellectual disability and/or autism consistently struggle to meet the required standards in education. Our study will focus on these two groups of children.

Before the pandemic, many children with NDCs missed school. Then the pandemic disrupted everyone's education. Approximately one year after the pandemic started, we will investigate the educational experiences of children with NDCs.

Our project will investigate: - School absence and reasons for absence among children with intellectual disability and/or autism - Child, family, and school factors associated with school absence - Barriers and facilitators of school attendance - Parents' experiences of home schooling

An online survey will collect data from approximately 1,500 parents of 5 to 17 year-old children with NDCs across all 4 UK countries. We will recruit parents of: (i) children registered with a school in spring/summer 2021; (ii) children not registered with a school in spring/summer 2021 but who were registered with a school at the start of the pandemic in March 2020; and (iii) children not registered with a school on either date. We will collect data on school attendance for those registered with a school, and data on home learning experiences for those not registered with a school. For all children, we will collect data on their mental health.

The first analysis will investigate school absence with a focus on children registered with a school. We will summarise school absence data as well as reasons for absence as reported by the parents. The second analysis will investigate school attendance: attending school or home schooling. We will describe the children currently registered to attend school (group 1), those not currently registered who were registered in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic (group 2), and those not registered on either point (group 3). We will summarise the reasons parents give for de-registering their child from school. Our final analysis will focus on home learning support during home schooling. We will describe the types of support schools offer to school-registered students during remote learning (when students are self-isolating/shielding, or schools are closed because of lockdown). We will describe the home learning experiences of school de-registered children and parents' satisfaction with these arrangements.

We will work closely with parents of children with NDCs, seeking their advice on the study. Our team includes the Council for Disabled Children, the largest umbrella organization in the UK bringing together many charities supporting disabled children and their families. We will share the study findings widely, including key messages for policies related to the education of children with special educational needs and disabilities.

In August 2021, the confidence index in the manufacturing sector in Italy stood at 113.4. Compared to the previous months, the confidence climate experienced an increase. Italy's economy has been seriously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a consequence of the rising number of cases, on March 9, the Italian government announced that the country is in lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus. On May 4, Italy started easing its coronavirus lockdown. However, a second wave of infections hit the country after summer 2020, inevitably leading to the introduction of new measures.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the revenue figures of food and beverage companies in Poland in 2020, with bistros and restaurants seeing the most significant drops in revenue in the first months of lockdown. However, the situation improved in 2021, with bistro and restaurant revenues increasing by up to several hundred percent in the summer months of 2021 compared to February 2020.

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The Active Lives Children and Young People Survey, which was established in September 2017, provides a world-leading approach to gathering data on how children engage with sport and physical activity. This school-based survey is the first and largest established physical activity survey with children and young people in England. It gives anyone working with children aged 5-16 key insight to help understand children's attitudes and behaviours around sport and physical activity. The results will shape and influence local decision-making as well as inform government policy on the PE and Sport Premium, Childhood Obesity Plan and other cross-departmental programmes. More general information about the study can be found on the Sport England Active Lives Survey webpage and the Active Lives Online website, including reports and data tables.

The Active Lives Children and Young People survey is a school-based survey (i.e., historically always completed at school as part of lessons). Academic years 2020-2021 and 2019-20 have both been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in school sites being closed to many pupils for some of the year (e.g., during national lockdown periods, and during summer term for 2019-20). Due to the closure of school sites, the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey, 2020-2021 was adapted to allow at-home completion. Despite the disruption, the survey has still received a sufficient volume of responses for analysis.

The adaptions involved minor questionnaire changes (e.g., to ensure the wording was appropriate for those not attending school and to enable completion at home), and communication changes. For further details on the survey changes, please see the accompanying User Guide document. Academic year 2020-21 saw a more even split of responses by term across the year, compared to 2019-20 which had a reduced proportion of summer term responses due to the disruption caused by Covid-19. It is recommended to analyse the data within term, as well as at an overall level, because of the changes in termly distribution.

The survey identifies how participation varies across different activities and sports, by regions of England, between school types and terms, and between different demographic groups in the population. The survey measures levels of activity (active, fairly active and less active), attitudes towards sport and physical activity, swimming capability, the proportion of children and young people that volunteer in sport, sports spectating, and wellbeing measures such as happiness and life satisfaction. The questionnaire was designed to enable analysis of the findings by a broad range of variables, such as gender, family affluence and school year.

The following datasets have been provided:

1) Main dataset – this file includes responses from children and young people from school years 3 to 11, as well as responses from parents of children in years 1-2. The parents of children in years 1-2 provide behavioural answers about their child’s activity levels, they do not provide attitudinal information. Using this main dataset, full analyses can be carried out into sports and physical activity participation, levels of activity, volunteering (years 5 to 11), etc. Weighting is required when using this dataset (wt_gross / wt_gross.csplan files are available for SPSS users who can utilise them).

2) Year 1-2 dataset – this file include responses from children in school years 1-2 directly, providing their attitudinal responses (e.g. whether they like playing sport and find it easy). Analysis can be carried out into feelings towards swimming, enjoyment for being active, happiness etc. Weighting is required when using this dataset (wt_gross / wt_gross.csplan files are available for SPSS users who can utilise them).

3) Teacher dataset – this file includes response from the teachers at schools selected for the survey. Analysis can be carried out into school facilities available, length of PE lessons, whether swimming lessons are offered, etc. Weighting was formerly not available, however, as Sport England have started to publish the Teacher data, from December 2023 we decide to apply weighting to the data. The Teacher dataset now includes weighting by applying the ‘wt_teacher’ weighting variable.

For further information about the variables available for analysis, and the relevant school years asked survey questions, please see the supporting documentation. Please read the documentation before using the datasets. More general information about the study can be found on the Sport England Active Lives Survey webpages.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the revenue figures of food and beverage companies in Poland in 2020, with cafes and confectioneries seeing the most significant drops in revenue in the first months of lockdown. However, the situation improved in 2021, with cafe and confectionerie revenues increasing by up to several hundred percent in the summer months of 2021 compared to February 2020.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the revenue figures of food and beverage companies in Poland in 2020, with pubs and bars seeing the most significant drops in revenue in the lockdown months. However, the situation improved in 2021, with bar and pub revenues increasing by up to several hundred percent in the summer months of 2021 compared to February 2020.

The value of credit card payments in the United Kingdom reached an all-time high in 2022, growing by nearly 50 billion British pounds that year. 2022 is the second consecutive year in which credit card expenses go up. The source claims that lockdown restrictions in the summer of 2020 limited credit card payments. The monthly credit card expenses did increase over the course of that timeframe, reaching near pre-pandemic figures in July 2021.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had a major impact on travel in the Netherlands, with international tourist arrivals falling by 97 percent in April 2020 over the same month in 2019. While this scenario improved during the summer, inbound tourist arrivals started to decrease again since September and reached 123 thousand in December 2020. In April 2021, the number of international arrivals rose over the previous year, reaching 136 thousand. However, this figure was still far below pre-pandemic levels.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the revenues of the average food service company in Poland in 2020, seeing the most significant drops in revenue in the first months of lockdown. However, the situation improved in 2021. Food service revenues increased by up to several hundred percent in the summer months of 2021 compared to March 2020.

Abkhazia was the most popular outbound destination for Russians in 2023, with over 5.7 million tourists visiting that territory, compared to 5.4 million recorded in the previous year. The number of travelers visiting Turkey exceeded 5.4 million. In total, Russians made approximately 22.5 million outbound trips in 2022. Could Russians travel during the COVID-19 pandemic? The COVID-19 pandemic had a dramatic effect on outbound tourism in Russia. In 2020, the number of trips to Turkey decreased by 68.4 percent year-on-year. After Russia closed its borders in mid-March 2020, travelling from the country was not possible, except for medical, educational, and business travel purposes, which was allowed since June. Borders with the United Kingdom, Tanzania, and Turkey were opened in August, and with Cuba, Serbia, and Japan in October. Given the high incidence of COVID-19 cases in Russia, the European Union did not include it in its list of non-EU countries considered safe for travel. Thus, the bordering country Finland was the most popular outbound destination from Russia between January and June 2020, as the largest share of travelers was represented by vehicle drivers, people with a residence permit in Finland, and those with a double citizenship. Due to the risk of infections with new COVID-19 variants, Russia closed the border with Turkey and Tanzania again in April 2021. How did COVID-19 impact Russians' travel plans? Over 60 percent of Russians planned to spend their summer vacation at home in 2020. In July, after the lockdown was largely lifted across the regions, the government introduced a cashback program encouraging the population to go on holiday within Russia. Upon fulfilling certain conditions, the travelers could receive up to 20 percent of the tour’s price, with a maximum of 20 thousand Russian rubles. One of the conditions was to pay for the tour with a card of the Russian payment system "Mir." More than 40 percent of respondents in Russia expressed their willingness to take part in the program.

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