Visit Pittsburgh Says Coronavirus Has Canceled More Than 300 Events Or Conventions

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – As businesses continue to feel the impact of the coronavirus shutdown, the tourism industry is no different.
“This pandemic has been a disruption. We’ve never seen this before in the travel industry,” said Jered Bachar, the president of Visit Pittsburgh.
Bachar told KDKA that Visit PGH is currently doing studies to determine the economic loss of the last 16 weeks.
“Here in Allegheny County, it’s a $6.4 billion industry. It supports over 43,