50 million tourism jobs at risk, ban on European visitors will not stop coronavirus: WTTC
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The World Travel & Tourism Council says up to 50 million jobs in the travel and tourism sector are at risk due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Latest figures from WTTC, which represents the global travel and tourism private sector, show that global travel could be adversely impacted by up to 25 per cent in 2020.
Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “WTTC figures show the stark impact on the Travel & Tourism sector of the present COVID-19 outbreak with analysis now suggesting that up to 50 million jobs are at risk in the sector globally”.
“The COVID-19 outbreak clearly presents a significant threat to the industry as a whole, to those employed within it, and those wishing to continue travelling. Travel & Tourism has the strength to overcome this challenge and will emerge stronger and more robust by taking all necessary measures to tackle COVID-19 and the understandable concern which surrounds it,” she added.
‘Following extensive consultation with other travel and tourism organizations, WTTC is also calling for a series of measures to be taken, to enable the swift recovery of the sector once COVID-19 is under control, ‘ WTTC said in a statement.
Ban on European visitors to the US will not stop coronavirus
Similarly , WTTC said the European travel ban imposed by the United States will have a damaging impact on the US economy yet won’t stop the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19.
President Donald Trump announced a ban on visitors from 26 European countries which is due to come into effect on 13th March.
It is estimated that 850,000 visitors from Europe, excluding the UK and Ireland, would normally travel during the next 30 days to the United States. These visitors would have spent an estimated USD3.4 billion while travelling in the US.
March 13 , 2020
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