Oriental Land Co., Ltd., which operates Tokyo Disney Resort, reported a nine-month settlement of accounts until last month, with a record loss of 28.7 billion yen, the largest ever for this period, due to closures and restrictions on the number of visitors due to the impact of the new coronavirus. I did.
The Group's overall financial results from April last year to last month announced by Oriental Land on the 28th were 137.1 billion yen, 64% lower than the same period of the previous year, and the final profit and loss was the largest ever for this period 287. It became a deficit of 100 million yen.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, sales fell sharply due to the theme park closures and restrictions on the number of visitors since April last year, and the related hotel business was also sluggish.
The deficit has narrowed slightly compared to the interim settlement of accounts until September last year due to the temporary relaxation of the upper limit on the number of visitors in October last year, but the subsequent spread of infection issued a state of emergency again. As a result, we have left the prospect of a final deficit of 51.1 billion yen for the year.
In the midst of difficult business performance, the company has already announced that it will introduce a mechanism to change the price of tickets for Tokyo Disneyland etc. depending on the day of the week and the time of year from March, and will substantially raise the price on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.