Our contacts in the Middle East suggest that Saudi Arabia’s FECs are most likely to reopen on June 21, while speculation about other parts of the region are less hopeful.

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Kuwait, for example, is not expected to allow its venues to open until the end of August.

For the United Arab Emirates attractions, public parks and recreational centres like Ski Dubai and Dubai Ice Rink have been permitted to re-open.

Further afield, India may get some respite if FECs are included in the phase three reopening plans.