The hotel and catering trade in Andalucía is planning to renew its request to the Junta de Andalucía for an extension to opening hours to help combat the effects of the current economic crisis.
They are seeking at least a one hour extension to opening hours for restaurants, bars, terraces, cafés and clubs in order to make up for the drop in consumption due to the economic situation.
The traders say that although the summer was better than expected, the last quarter of 2008 has been worse than expected. During the Christmas period, the only salvation for many establishments was a lowering of prices to a level not seen since the 1970’s and, as a consequence, no profit was made.
The traders want to open longer, work more hours and try to make a profit to see them through the crisis.