The brussels government decided on Thursday to grant to the operators of hotels and apart-hotels in the capital exceptional aid of 200 euros per month and per room for the period from mid-march to the end of the month of August. Objective : to enable them to cover part of the fixed costs (security, technical maintenance, staff costs, HR, insurance, energy costs, etc) and thus ensure the survival of a number of institutions with a view to reopening as soon as health conditions permit.

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The necessary measures taken within the framework of the crisis Covid-19 in Belgium, but also in the world have caused a near-complete cessation of the tourism industry. This shock is particularly concerned with the tourism of stay, which annually generates € 1.2 billion in the brussels Region.