The London terrorist bombings on Thursday highly resemble the events that took place just a fortnight ago, and there will be obvious parallels drawn from the attacks reports retail analyst FootFall. David Smyth, Director of Business Planning at FootFall, said “There will obviously be an initial major impact to the city, although there should be minimal disruption across the rest of the country.
“The evacuated areas in London will be the most affected, but the overall impact shouldn’t be as great as two weeks ago and will be short-term. In our experience, the British public are very resilient and will get back to normal as soon as possible.
“However, the real concerns are in relation to tourism. We are now entering the main summer season and some people may start to view London as a regular target for terrorist activity, rather than seeing the recent events as a one-off. This could lead to tourists, both from overseas and from other parts of the UK, going to other places for their holidays, which could have a serious impact on both retail and the economy,”