The fact that the number of visits to Dutch venues has fallen sharply shows that support is desperately needed. That says the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science in response to figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS). In the corona year 2020, stages together attracted 5.3 million visitors, more than 14 million fewer than in 2019. “The cultural and creative sector has been hit hard,” said a spokeswoman for the ministry.
According to her, the numbers emphasize “what we already knew”. “Due to the corona crisis and lockdowns, much less public went to the stages. That is why we focused on specific support packages for culture – more than 1.9 billion in total – in addition to the generic packages throughout the crisis, in order to be able to maintain as much as possible. to hold.”
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