Deta zaposachedwa zawonetsa kuti ziwonetsero zaposachedwa mu Hong Kong, potsutsana ndi lamulo lovuta loti anthu abwere mumzindawu, lachititsa kuti anthu asamakonzekere ulendo wopita mumzindawu.
Mu nthawi ya masabata anayi kuchokera ku 16th June - 13th July, yomwe idadziwika ndi chiwonetsero champhamvu cha mamiliyoni awiri chotsatizana ndi chiwopsezo chachikulu ndi zipolowe pa 16th June, kuzingidwa kwa likulu la apolisi pa 21st June, kuphulika kwa nyumba ya Legislative Council pa. 1 Julayi ndi apolisi ochita ziwawa akulipiritsa gulu la ochita ziwonetsero ndi ndodo pa Julayi 7, kusungitsa ndege kupita ku Hong Kong kuchokera Misika ya Asia idatsika ndi 5.4% pa nthawi yofananira chaka chatha.
M'masiku awiri oyambirira (16th - 29th June), kusungitsa ndalama kunagwa 9.0% ndipo chachiwiri (30th June - 13th July), 2.2%.
Kubwerera m'mbuyo pakusungitsa zinthu kumeneku kunasintha momwe kusungitsa malo kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ndi theka ya chaka kunali 6.6% mu 2018.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- In the four-week period from 16th June – 13th July, which was marked by a two million strong demonstration accompanied by a general strike and riots on 16th June, the siege of police headquarters on 21st June, the storming of the Legislative Council building on 1st July and riot police charging a group of protesters with batons on 7th July, flight bookings to Hong Kong from Asian markets fell by 5.
- This sharp set-back in bookings reversed a positive trend in which bookings for the first six and a half months of the year were 6.
- Latest data has revealed that the recent wave of demonstrations in Hong Kong, against the controversial extradition bill, has had the effect of deterring people from making plans to visit the city.
