They are also at the most sensitive point on the list of other people who are willing to travel abroad for the next 12 months, with 77% saying they need Array to follow Thais with 70% and Indonesians with 60%.
Singapore is the most popular destination for others living in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines for post-block travel.
This was revealed in a recently published study conducted jointly through social studies firm Blackbox Research, knowledge provider Dynata and language spouse Language Connect, “Unravel Travel: Fears – Possabilities in a Post Coronavirus (COVID-19) World”. It examines the feelings, personal tastes and expectations of another 10,195 people in 17 countries in relation to a post-COVID-19 world.
But with the bad news coming from the industry on an ongoing basis, readers will have to freeze their plans for the foreseeable future, as the industry’s “new normal” is still a long way off.
Two weeks ago, reserve giant Expedia reported a sharp 82% drop in second-quarter earnings to $566 million (for the era ending June) and a net loss of $577. A year earlier, the company had a net profit source of $276 million.
Last week, the French hotel organization Accor, which owns luxury accommodation brands such as Swissotel, Sofitel and Raffles, recorded a 1.5 billion euro ($1.77 billion) loss from a profit of 141 million euros a year ago. In addition, it announced that it will cut 1,000 workplace jobs internationally from a global workforce of 18,000.
Also last week, Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic, which is 49% owned by Delta Air Lines, filed an Chapter 15 bankruptcy lawsuit in New York. It is the Branson-owned airline seeking judicial protection, the first being Virgin Australia.
Chapter 15 is slightly different from the same Chapter 11 because it is designed for corporations operating in several countries. Virgin Atlantic, founded in Britain, seeks to combine a personal rescue after searching in the past for a rescue plan from the British government.
Singapore Airlines recorded a historic loss in its last fiscal quarter (April to June) of SGD 1.12 billion (US$812 million). Subsequently, he announced pay discounts for all executives and base staff, as well as an early retirement program for floor staff and pilots. Previously, with the investment arm of the Temasek government and other shareholders, he controlled raising some SGD 15 billion (US$10.9 billion) to deal with storm COVID-19.
The Geneva-based International Air Transport Association (IATA) does not expect air to be restored to 2019 until 2024.
With the COVID-19 virus rampant around the world, pushing others to take refuge in their homes in recent months, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) tourism barometer showed a sharp 98% drop in foreign arrivals in May this year compared to May 2019. The Barometer also revealed a 56% drop in the number of tourists during the first five months of this year, resulting in a loss of 300 million tourists and USD 320 billion in foreign tourism revenue. That is more than 3 times the loss of the 2009 global monetary crisis.
While there are symptoms of a slow and cautious journey, confidence is low. Most of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) panel of tourism experts expects foreign tourism to continue until 2021.
When it can be resumed in a “new normal” environment, the “Unravel Travel” survey revealed that, with a score of 76, India and Thailand rank first in the safest nationalities in Array Asian countries exceeded the global average of 61, adding China (69), Indonesia (65) and Singapore (64). France and Germany also rated above the global average.
At the other end of the spectrum, Japan rated it the top cautious with a score of 40, followed by the Philippines (43) and Hong Kong (50). Other countries with below-aggregate scores were Sweden, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.
Saurabh Sardana, blackbox Research’s leading chief operating officer, said the country’s score reflects a balance between a number of considerations: the perceived importance of tourism to the country’s economy, national control of COVID-19 instances, and even beyond reports of similar epidemics. In particular, New Zealand’s low rate of good fortune has led the country to be more cautious about foreign travel.
In another discovery, the Unravel Travel study showed that users would expect to have no contact once they can resume their journey. 76, according to the percentage of respondents, indicated that their preferred destinations would be countries with more reliable existing contactless experiences. Regarding Array’s long-term, the study found that electronic boarding passes (41%), contactless baths (43%), contactless travel between airports and hotels (40%), more seats in the shipping sector (36%) and virtual medical passports (35%) are some of the new concepts around the global hope of seeing them implemented in the short or long term.
“Governments will want to play a key role in messaging and protecting readers, as well as in empowering the tourism industry through investments in new technologies and inventions that ensure a contactless and contactless experience,” Sardana added. “The first to arrive will benefit from the repressed call for borders to be opened.”
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