New Corona Ski resort and other corporate group to file for bankruptcy March 31 20:23
Business performance deteriorated due to the impact of the new coronavirus, and a business group in Hiroshima City, which operates ski resorts and hotels, abandoned business continuation and filed for bankruptcy with a court soon.
The applicants for bankruptcy are Mizuho Resort in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima City, which operates the ski resort Mizuho Highland in Enami Town, Shimane Prefecture, and two affiliates in Shimane Prefecture.
According to the company's representative, Mizuho Highland was a popular ski resort that attracted 200,000 people annually from the Chugoku region and Kyushu, etc., but the number of visitors is decreasing year by year due to declining birthrate and lack of snow Was.
This season, the number of visitors decreased to about 50,000, a quarter of the peak, due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection in addition to the warm winter.
Also, the use of affiliated companies, Takeo Century Hotel in Takeo City, Saga Prefecture and Ueda Plaza Hotel in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, has fallen sharply due to the spread of infections and the tendency to refrain from traveling. Was.
As a result, the funding of the three companies has deteriorated, the business has been suspended as of the 31st, and the bankruptcy will be filed with the Tokyo District Court soon.
Nothing has been decided about the future of ski resorts or hotels.