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Press Release - 1/4 - Compagnie des Alpes 1ST HALF SALES FOR FY 2020/2021 SITES MOSTLY REMAINED CLOSED THE ENTIRE FIRST HALF PARTIAL COMPENSATION FOR SKI AREA FIXED COSTS Paris , April 22 , 2021 - The first half of financial year 2020/2021 was atypical , since the vast majority of the Group's sites remained closed , in compliance with government orders , for most of the period , due to the Covid - 19 public health crisis . Just two ski resorts were briefly open in October , while for the most part the leisure parks were forced to close after only a few days of operation at the start of the Halloween season . Since then , Grévin Montréal and Chaplin's World are the only two sites that have been able to reopen . As a result , consolidated sales for Compagnie des Alpes totaled € 31.5 million in the first half of 2020/2021 , versus € 470.5 million over the same period one year earlier , a decrease of 93.3 % ( -93.0 % on a comparable scope basis ) . Group's consolidated sales , October 1 , 2020 through March 31 , 2021 Unaudited data ( In € thousands ) Ski Areas Leisure Parks Holdings & Support Total 1st half 2020/2021 1st half 2019/2020 Change Change Comparable basis ( 1 ) 2 471 350 183 -99.3 % -99.4 % 27 591 103 167 -73.3 % -73.3 % 1 465 17 152 -91.5 % -91.5 % 31 527 470 502 -93.3 % -93.0 % ( 1 ) The change on a comparable scope basis excludes sales for 2 Alpes ski resort , which is no longer part of the Group since December 1 , 2020 . SKI AREAS Ski Area sales for the first six months of FY 2020/2021 totaled € 2.5 million , compared with € 350.2 million for the same period one year earlier . The bulk of sales are attributable to the ski resorts that were open during the Toussaint school holiday last fall , before they were closed on October 29 , 2020. They have not reopened since , in compliance with government orders . LEISURE PARKS Leisure Park sales also suffered substantially due to the public health crisis . Sales for the first half of FY 2020/2021 totaled € 27.6 million , versus € 103.2 million over the same period last year .