Chifukwa cha kutsika kwakukulu kwa kufunikira kwa maulendo kuchokera Covid 19, ndalama zamisonkho za boma ndi zakomweko zochokera kuhotelo zidzatsika ndi $16.8 biliyoni mu 2020, malinga ndi lipoti latsopano lotulutsidwa lero ndi a Mgwirizano wa American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA).
Mahotela akhala akugwira ntchito ngati injini yazachuma kwa anthu amitundu yonse, kuyambira m'mizinda ikuluikulu, m'malo osangalalira m'mphepete mwa nyanja, mpaka kumatauni ang'onoang'ono otalikirana ndi mayiko - kuthandiza kulenga ntchito, mwayi wamabizinesi ang'onoang'ono ndi zochitika zachuma m'maboma ndi madera omwe amagwira ntchito. Mahotela amakhalanso ndi ndalama zambiri zamisonkho kwa maboma ndi maboma kuti azipereka ndalama zambiri zantchito zaboma. Mu 2018, makampani amahotelo adapanga mwachindunji pafupifupi $40 biliyoni pamisonkho yaboma ndi yakomweko m'dziko lonselo.
Ena mwa mayiko ovuta kwambiri akuphatikizapo California (-$1.9 biliyoni), New York (-$ 1.3 biliyoni), Florida (-$ 1.3 biliyoni), Nevada (-$1.1 biliyoni) ndi Texas (-$940 miliyoni). Misonkho iyi ikuyimira kutsika kwa msonkho wachindunji kuchokera ku kuchepa kwakukulu kwa chiwerengero cha anthu okhala kuhotelo, kuphatikizapo misonkho, malonda, ndi misonkho yamasewera. Ziwerengerozi sizikuphatikiza zomwe zingatheke, zofunikira, zokhuza misonkho yanyumba yothandizidwa ndi mahotela (pafupifupi $9B).
"Kubwezeretsa chuma chathu panjira kumayamba ndikuthandizira makampani amahotelo ndikuwathandiza kuti ayambirenso," atero Purezidenti wa Chip Rogers & CEO wa American Hotel & Lodging Association. "Mahotela amathandizira dera lililonse m'dziko lonselo, kupanga ntchito, kuyika ndalama m'madera, ndikuthandizira mabiliyoni a madola pamisonkho yomwe maboma amagwiritsira ntchito pothandizira maphunziro, zomangamanga ndi zina zambiri. Komabe, ndi kukhudzidwa kwa gawo loyendera maulendo mowirikiza kasanu ndi kamodzi kuposa 9/11, mahotela amafunikira thandizo kuti zitseko zathu zitseguke ndikusunga antchito pamene tikuyesetsa kuti achire. Tikuyembekeza kuti pakhala zaka zambiri kuti zofuna zibwererenso pachimake cha 2019. "
Kukula kwamphamvu kwamakampani amahotelo pazaka khumi zapitazi kwakulitsidwa ndi mliriwu, womwe wapangitsa kuti opitilira 70 peresenti ya ogwira ntchito m'mahotela achotsedwe kapena kuchotsedwa ntchito. Chaka chino chikuyembekezeka kukhala chaka choyipitsitsa kwambiri pakukhala ndi mahotelo, ndipo akatswiri akuyerekeza kuti zikhala zosachepera 2022 mahotela asanabwerere ku 2019 komwe amakhala komanso kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe amapeza. Pomwe kuyenda kopumula kuyambiranso pang'onopang'ono, zipinda zisanu ndi chimodzi mwa khumi za hotelo zimakhalabe zopanda kanthu, ndipo kuyenda kwamabizinesi sikukuyembekezeka kuyambiranso mpaka 2022.
Mliriwu usanachitike, mahotela anali onyadira kuthandizira ntchito imodzi mwa 25 yaku America - 8.3 miliyoni yonse - ndikupereka $ 660 biliyoni ku US GDP. Hotelo yoyimira yokhala ndi zipinda 100 zokhala anthu usiku uliwonse imathandizira pafupifupi ntchito 250 mdera lanu ndipo imapanga $18.4 miliyoni pakugwiritsa ntchito alendo m'mashopu oyandikana nawo ndi malo odyera. Mahotela amapanga $186 biliyoni m'misonkho yapafupi, chigawo, ndi feduro chaka chilichonse.
Makampaniwa akhazikitsa "Mapu Opita Kubwerera" kuyitanitsa Congress kuti ipereke thandizo lothandizira mahotela kusunga ndi kubwereketsa antchito, kuteteza antchito ndi alendo, kusunga zitseko za hotelo zotseguka komanso kulimbikitsa anthu aku America kuti ayendenso.
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ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- This year is projected to be the worst year on record for hotel occupancy, and experts estimate it will be at least 2022 before hotels return to their 2019 occupancy and revenue levels.
- The dynamic growth of the hotel industry over the last decade has been upended by the pandemic, which has caused more than 70 percent of hotel employees to be laid off or furloughed.
- Hotels have long served as an economic engine for communities of all sizes, from major cities, to beach resorts, to small towns off the interstate—supporting job creation, small business opportunities and economic activity in states and localities where they operate.
