mo4ch:>Coronavirus: Bicester Village 'having a tough time'

Coronavirus: Bicester Village 'having a tough time'Coronavirus: Bicester Village 'having a tough time'By Lora JonesBusiness Reporter, BBC News 17 February 2020 Related TopicsCoronavirus outbreak Image captionFashion buyer Xia Yae purchases clothing in Bicester Village, Selfridges and Harrods for clients in South KoreaOn a rainy weekday morning, the luxury shopping outlet Bicester Village feels deserted.While February is typically a quiet time for the Oxfordshire retail village, staff the BBC spoke to said visitor numbers were much lower than usual.Cut-price handbags and coats draw thousands of Chinese tourists to the retail outlet each year.But the number of those diagnosed with coronavirus in China has spiked, and this has taken its toll on popular tourist destinations.'Tough times for retailers'Eager shoppers, many of them from Asia and the Middle East, wear face masks and apply hand sanitizer on the Thursday morning train. Mixed in with commuters, some snack on …