A MAJOR holiday park operator with sites in Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire has extended its shutdown until May 31 as the coronavirus crisis continues.

Haven, which runs the Quay West site at New Quay, along with three Pembrokeshire sites at Kiln Park, Penally Court and Lydstep Haven, said in a statement: "The coronavirus continues to affect the lives of each and every one of us - from our guests to our owners to our teams.

"As we continue to follow the direction provided by the Government it is now clear we will be unable to offer the usual Haven experience for a longer period of time, and so we have taken the decision to temporarily extend the closure of all our parks.

"We appreciate this decision will be disappointing for those guests who are booked to stay with us during this time but every decision we make, we do so to ensure the health and wellbeing of the nation and the safety and security of our guests, owners and teams are our number one priority.

"We are conscious that this will have an impact on a huge amount of British families, and we are currently contacting all guests affected by the closure and the options that will be available to them.

We will be back up and running as soon as we are able and look forward to welcoming everyone back to enjoy a Haven holiday.

The company originally announced that they would be temporarily closing between March 20 and April 16, but the re-opening date was then pushed back to May 14.

Holidaymakers have now had their bookings between May 14 and 31 cancelled and will be contacted by a member of the Haven team.