LONDON, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Earlier this month, the Eden Project, one of Britain's most famous environmental attractions in southwest England, announced that around 40 percent of its staff would lose their jobs after it lost over 7 million pounds (about 9 million U.S. dollars) in revenue this year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The site was closed for over three months during the lockdown and reopened on July 4th, but with the prolonged closure and continuing restrictions on visitor numbers, the damage had already been done.
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