Chuma, osati chimfine cha nkhumba, chimapangitsa kuti pakhale chisangalalo pazambiri zokopa alendo ku New York City

Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti chimfine cha nkhumba sichikuwoneka kuti chikuletsa unyinji wa alendo kuti abwere ku New York City nyengo yomwe ikubwerayi.

Nkhani yoyipa ndiyakuti kutsika kwakukulu kwapadziko lonse lapansi kukuyembekezeka kuchititsa kutsika kwa 4% kwa alendo oyendera chilimwe chino.

"Sitikuganiza kuti H1N1 idzakhala ndi zotsatira zenizeni pa chiwerengero cha alendo omwe adzabwere m'chilimwe chino," adatero Kimberly Spell, wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti wamkulu ku NYC & Company, bungwe la malonda ndi zokopa alendo mumzindawu. "Tsopano, chuma - ndi nkhani ina."

Spell adavomereza kuti "panali mantha akulu" kutsatira kufalikira kwa chimfine cha nkhumba kuno koma, mpaka pano, magulu awiri okha a ophunzira adaletsa maulendo.

Ndi nyengo yachilimwe ikuyamba mosavomerezeka Loweruka la Tsiku la Chikumbutso, malingaliro amakhalabe abwino, adatero.

Akuluakulu akulosera kuti alendo okwana 12.15 miliyoni adzabwera mumzinda wachilimwe chino, kutsika ndi 4% kuchokera mu 2008.

Kwa sabata yotha pa Meyi 16, anthu okhala m'mahotelo mu mzindawu anali 80.6%, poyerekeza ndi 90.5% sabata lomwelo mu 2008, zolemba zikuwonetsa.

Kuchepa kwakufunika kwa mahotela kwadzetsa kutsika kwa zipinda, kupatsa apaulendo omwe amapita ku New York nthawi yopuma. Malinga ndi ziwerengero zaposachedwa, avareji ya zipinda mumzindawu inali $218 mu Marichi, poyerekeza ndi $285 chaka chapitacho.

Kathleen Duffy, wolankhulira mahotela 12 a Marriott mumzindawu, adati nyumba zonse zikuyembekezeka kugulitsidwa, kapena kutsala pang'ono kugulitsidwa, sabata ino.

"Tili ndi chiyembekezo kuti tikhala ndi chilimwe chabwino," adatero Duffy, akunena kuti mahotela amapereka phukusi lapadera kuti akope apaulendo. "Timamvetsetsa kuti anthu akufunafuna phindu, ndiye ngati ndi phukusi lomwe limaphatikizapo matikiti a baseball, malo oimika magalimoto, kapena chakudya cham'mawa, kapena chilichonse chomwe chingawathandize kupulumutsa pang'ono ali mumzinda, tikuchita izi."

Zokambirana ndi ogwira ntchito paulendo ku California, Arizona ndi United Kingdom zidawonetsa kuti alendo amasamala kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama chifukwa chachuma.

"Palibe amene anganene kuti akusiya chifukwa cha chimfine cha nkhumba," adatero Ortha Splingaerd, wogwira ntchito ku San Francisco.

Chifukwa cha matenda a chimfine cha nkhumba ku California, iye anaseka kuti, “zingakhale bwino kuchokapo kusiyana ndi kukhalabe.”

Candice Sutterfield, wazaka 29, woyambitsa Webusaiti waku Texas, ku New York kumapeto kwa sabata ino ndi gulu la ophunzira aku sekondale, adati chimfine cha nkhumba sichinthu chomwe chimayambitsa.

"Tinali ndi nkhawa kuti ndege yathu idzaimitsidwa chifukwa cha chimfine, koma chifukwa chochokera ku Texas timada nkhawa kwambiri za kwathu," adatero.

Tim Tompkins, pulezidenti wa Times Square Alliance, anati mabizinesi pamphambano zapadziko lonse lapansi “akufewa.”

"Koma sizovuta," adatero. "Ndithu pali nkhawa," Tompkins adavomereza za miyezi yoyendera alendo. "Anthu akudikirira kuti awone momwe zidzakhalire."