The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting blockades had affected the industry and charged $320 billion from January to May alone, a sign of devastating industry losses, as much of the world remains at home as much as possible.
In the first five months of 2020, the number of tourists fell by more than half compared to last year, according to a UNWTO count of three hundred million missing visitors.
This decline in travel is more than 3 times greater than the decline in the global economic crisis in 2009, UNWTO, which was the most recent decline in foreign tourism, according to France 24.
While UNWTO has expressed the encouraging symptoms of more travellers, especially as European countries have begun to reopen their borders from some countries this month, recent increases in new cases of coronavirus reported in Europe and other countries threaten progress.
The report, in particular, recognized the United States and Canada as two countries guilty of many tourists who remain “paralyzed” when it comes to travel, and American travelers are still banned in many countries due to the maximum rate of coronavirus infection in the country.
Earlier this month, the UN industry and progression branch said tourism could lose up to $2.2 trillion year-round.
“This latest knowledge obviously shows the importance of restarting tourism as soon as necessary. The dramatic decline of foreign tourism is endangering millions of livelihoods, which adds to emerging countries,” said Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary general of the World Tourism Organization. said Tuesday. “Governments in each and every region of the world have a dual responsibility: prioritizing public fitness and protecting jobs and businesses.”
UNWTO said that most of its qualified organization agreed that global tourism titles were recovering until the end of 2021, the organization said in a statement.
Tourism is especially vulnerable to the pandemic, as most people stay at home to avoid infection. In June, the International Air Transport Association said it was expecting airlines to lose $84.3 billion this year and that on Tuesday, air travel probably would not be general again until the coronavirus until 2024. The recovery has been very weak. The improvement we’ve noticed is domestic flight. International markets remain largely closed,” Juniac’s CHIEF executive and CEO Alexandre said Tuesday. Hotels have also suffered significant losses since the start of the pandemic.
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