Zogulitsa zogulitsa pa eyapoti padziko lonse lapansi zikuyembekezeka kufika $48.2 biliyoni mu 2020, kukwera 6.1% mu 2019, malinga ndi akatswiri a data ndi analytics. Komabe, kuchuluka kwa shuga m'magazi kachilombo ka corona tsopano zitha kukhala ndi vuto pa manambala okwera pabwalo la ndege - zomwe zingayambitse nkhawa kwa ogwira ntchito pabwalo la ndege ndi ogulitsa.
Kupewa kuyenda kwa ogula aku China kudzakhudza magwiridwe antchito a ma eyapoti padziko lonse lapansi. Pazaka zingapo zapitazi ogulitsa ma eyapoti, makamaka aku Europe, asintha malingaliro awo, kuphatikiza njira zolipirira zaku China ndikuyika ndalama kwa ogwira ntchito olankhula Chimandarini kuti athe kulunjika anthu okwera ku China ndikukulitsa mwayi wogulitsa malonda. Ngati alendo obwera kuchokera ku China akudwala chifukwa cha coronavirus, ogwira ntchito pabwalo la ndege ndi ogulitsa ayenera kusintha njira zawo kuti agwirizane ndi anthu ena.
Mu 2003, SARS inachititsa kuti ntchito zokopa alendo ku China ziwonongeke pamene chiwerengero cha alendo opita ku Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore ndi Hong Kong chinatsika kwambiri, zomwe zinachititsa kuti ndege ziziyenda pansi ndikuchepetsa nthawi yoyendetsa ndege. Coronavirus wawononga kale ndalama zogulitsira komanso zosangalatsa patchuthi cha Chaka Chatsopano cha China chifukwa ogula akulimbikitsidwa, ndipo nthawi zina amakakamizika, kukhalamo ndikupewa kuyenda.
Pofuna kuthana ndi vutoli, ogulitsa akuganiza zotseka masitolo, ndi China Duty Free Group kutseka malo ake ogulitsira ku Haitang Bay - zomwe zikukhudza msika waulere wa APAC mu 2020. Ngati maofesi akunja apereka upangiri wawo wopewa kupita kuchigawo cha Hubei kupita kumadera ena, ndiye kuti ziwerengero zokwera ndi ma eyapoti m'malo okopa alendo monga Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu ndi Xi 'adzamenyedwa molakwika. BA yayimitsa ndege zonse zachindunji zopita ku China mpaka Januware 31, ngakhale tsamba la BA silikuwonetsa maulendo apandege opita ku China mpaka Januware ndi February, pomwe zokonda za United Airlines ndi Cathay Pacific Airways zayimitsanso ndege zomwe zasankhidwa kupita ku China.
Asia Pacific ikuyembekezeka kukhala dera lomwe likuchita mwachangu kwambiri ndalama zogulira ma eyapoti mu 2020, pomwe malonda akukwera 8.4% mpaka US $ 21.7bn - 45.1% ya njira yapadziko lonse lapansi. Ngakhale kufalikira kwaposachedwa kwa coronavirus sikungafanane ndi momwe SARS ikukhudzira, ngati coronavirus ipitilira kufalikira padziko lonse lapansi mchaka cha 2020 zomwe zimakhudza zokopa alendo komanso zachuma, makamaka kudera lonse la APAC, zitha kukhala zowopsa.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- While this recent coronavirus outbreak cannot yet be compared to the impact of SARS, if the coronavirus continues to spread globally over the course of 2020 its impact on tourism and economies, particularly across APAC, could be severe.
- BA has suspended all direct flights to mainland China until January 31, although the BA website shows no direct flights to mainland China through January and February, while the likes of United Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways have also cancelled selected flights to China.
- However, the escalation of the severity of coronavirus could now have a detrimental impact on airport passenger numbers – causing concern for airport operators and retailers.
