New York: Coronavirus has ‘snatched’ the beauty of the world, the tourism industry fears a loss of approximately one trillion dollars.
According to reports, the United Nations says that due to the corona virus, global tourist arrivals will decrease by 60 to 80 percent in 2020.
The United Nations-run World Tourism Organization (WTO) says the tourism industry is facing the worst crisis in the world due to travel bans and the closure of airports and borders to curb the spread of the coronavirus. “This is the biggest crisis facing the industry since the record was set in 1950,” the statement said.
In the first three months of the year, tourist arrivals fell by 22 percent to 57 percent in March alone, said Zorb Polo Lakashuli, secretary general of the World Tourism Organization. He said that the world is facing an unconventional health and economic crisis, which has severely damaged tourism, and the sector, which plays a key role in running the economy, has been badly affected, affecting millions of people. Jobs are at stake.
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The outbreak, which struck the Chinese city of Wuhan in December, has also hit airlines hard, with most flights grounded and hoteliers and tour operators battling for survival.
The United Nations predicted earlier this year that the tourism industry would grow by another three to four percent in 2020. However, by the end of March, it had reconsidered its forecast and estimated that It will be reduced by 20 to 30 percent. However, the World Tourism Organization now says that the revival of the industry depends entirely on when the lockdown ends and when travel bans and border closures are lifted.
According to one estimate, even if the situation improves rapidly, travel restrictions are expected to be eased earliest by July, and global tourist arrivals are expected to fall by 58%. The agency said that if border closures and travel bans were to be lifted in December, it would hurt the industry by 78%. However, even if the matter goes through September, 70% loss is certain.
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In this situation, due to the lack of global tourism and travel, tourism is expected to lose between 910 billion to almost 1.2 trillion, and in this case directly linked to the tourism industry, 10 to 12 million people, may lost their jobs.
The United Nations says, most experts believe that the signs of improvement are likely to come in the last quarter of 2020, but it seems that this will only be possible in 2021. However, domestic tourism and flights will start sooner than international tourism. Companies have banned their employees from traveling since the epidemic, and global trade shows have been canceled. Travel experts in Africa and the Middle East are optimistic about a speedy recovery, but US experts are disappointed and say the revival of the industry is not possible before 2021.
In 2019, a 4% increase in world tourism was recorded, with the highest number of tourists visiting France, followed by the United States in Spain. The last global decline in the tourism industry was in 2009 during the global recession. When the industry suffered a 4% decline. It is worth mentioning here that the tourism industry contributes 10% to the global GDP and jobs.
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