Coronavirus: Ulendo waku Asia Pacific Muvuto Lalikulu

Dera la Asia ndi Pacific likhala ndi vuto lalikulu lakuyenda chifukwa cha kufalikira kwa kachilomboka

Pazaka makumi awiri zapitazi, bungwe la World Tourism Organisation lanena kawiri kokha kutsika kwa chiwerengero cha alendo obwera padziko lonse lapansi. Yoyamba inali mu 2003 pomwe panali kutsika pang'ono kwa alendo 3 miliyoni padziko lonse lapansi, makamaka chifukwa cha kachilombo ka SARS komwe kanali kodziwika kwambiri ku East Asia. Ofika ku East Asia adatsika ndi 9%, ndipo ku America ndi 2%, koma kukula pang'onopang'ono ku Europe (2%), Africa ndi Middle East pafupifupi kunapangitsa zinthu padziko lonse lapansi.

Nthawi yachiwiri inali mu 2009 pomwe chimphepo chamkuntho chakuchepa kwachuma padziko lonse lapansi chinachitika limodzi ndi mliri wa chimfine cha nkhumba womwe udapha anthu opitilira 200,000. Mu 2009 gawo la zokopa alendo lidakhudzidwa kwambiri pomwe ofika padziko lonse lapansi adatsika ndi 4%. Nthawi ino madera onse (kupatulapo Africa) adalemba kuchepa kwa alendo obwera, pomwe malo otchuka oyendera alendo ku Europe ndi America onse adatsika ndi 5%.

Ndi kuwonekera kwa coronavirus COVID-19 mu Januware 2020, kudakali molawirira kwambiri kulosera molimba mtima momwe zingakhudzire gawo la zokopa alendo mchaka chomwe chikubwera. Komabe, pali kale mayendedwe omveka bwino ndi ziwerengero zomwe zikubwera:

• Mu 2003 pamene SARS idagunda, dziko la China linali laling'ono pazachuma chokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi, kugwiritsa ntchito pafupifupi $50 biliyoni. Mu 2019 aku China adawononga ndalama zoposa $280 biliyoni, kotero zovuta zapadziko lonse za COVID-19 zikuyembekezeka kukhala zazikulu kuposa za SARS.

• Ulendo wopita ku Asia ndizovuta kwambiri. Pomwe kufunikira kwa China, pakadali pano, kwachepa kwambiri, malo ena ambiri okopa alendo mderali akuyamba kuwona kuchepa kwa kufunikira, kuphatikiza Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, komanso mayiko monga India.

• Pakati pa ogula, padakali chikhumbo chachikulu choyenda ngakhale kuti akuchenjezedwa ndi madokotala padziko lonse lapansi. Ogwiritsa ntchito paulendo komanso ogwira ntchito paulendo akulepheretsedwa kupita ku Asia, koma ambiri akuyang'ana kwina m'malo mwake, kuphatikiza South America ndi Caribbean.

• Malo okhala akuyembekezeka kupindula, makamaka ku North America ndi Europe. Kachilomboka kakugunda panthawi yomwe nthawi yosungitsa tchuthi yachilimwe ili pachimake, ogula ambiri akupanga chisankho choyendera kunyumba mu 2020.

Kutengera kafukufuku waposachedwa, komanso kuganiza kuti kachilombo ka COVID-19 kapitilirabe kufalikira ndikuchuluka kwambiri pofika Epulo chaka chino, Acorn akuti pakhala kutsika 4% pa chiwerengero cha alendo obwera padziko lonse lapansi mu 2020, chimodzimodzi monga momwe ziliri mu 2009. XNUMX pamene kugwa kwachuma padziko lonse pamodzi ndi mliri wa chimfine cha nkhumba.

Komabe nthawi ino idzakhala dera la Asia ndi Pacific lomwe lidzakhala lovuta kwambiri, ndikugwa kwa ofika pafupifupi 19%. Madera ena onse padziko lapansi akuyembekezeka kuwona obwera alendo akukula, ngakhale mitengo idzakhala yochepa ku Europe ndi ku America komwe zokopa alendo zapakhomo zidzakula.

Gwero: Kevin Millington