The dire impact numbers, prepared for the Leeto la US Association by Tourism Economics, were presented by U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow at a Tuesday White House meeting with President Trump, Vice President Pence, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and other travel leaders.

A new analysis released Tuesday by the U.S. Travel Association projects that decreased travel due to coronavirus will inflict an $809 billion total hit on the U.S. economy and eliminate 4.6 million travel-related American jobs this year.

"Bothata ba bophelo bo botle bo hapile tlhokomelo ea sechaba le ea mmuso, empa koluoa e hlahisoang ke bahiri le bahiruoa e se e le teng mme e tla mpefala," ho boletse Dow ka Labobeli. “Likhoebo tse amanang le maeto li hira Maamerika a limilione tse 15.8, 'me haeba a sa khone ho boloka mabone a bona a le teng, a ke ke a lula a lefa basebetsi ba' ona. Ntle le mehato e mabifi le e potlakileng ea liphallelo, mohato oa ho hlaphoheloa o tla ba telele le ho feta, 'me maemo a tlase a boemo ba moruo a tla utloa bohloko le ho feta. ”

Dow o hlokometse hore bahiri ba 83% ba maeto ke likhoebo tse nyane.

Liphetho tse ling tse tsebahalang tlhahlobisong ea tšusumetso ea maeto:

Total spending on travel in the U.S.— transportation, lodging, retail, attractions and restaurants—is projected to plunge by $355 billion for the year, or 31%. That is more than six times the impact of 9/11.
Lits'enyehelo tse hakantsoeng ke indasteri ea maeto feela li boima hoo li ka sutumelletsang US ho putlama ha moruo nako e telele-e lebelletsoeng ho nka bonyane likotara tse tharo, ka Q2 2020 e le boemo bo tlase.
Mosebetsi o lebelletsoeng oa limilione tse 4.6 o amanang le maeto o lahlehetsoeng, ka bo bona, o ka batla habeli sekhahla sa ho hloka mosebetsi sa US (3.5% ho isa ho 6.3%).

"Boemo bona ha bo na mohlala," ho boletse Dow. "Molemong oa bophelo bo botle ba nako e telele moruong, bahiri le bahiruoa ba hloka phomolo hona joale koluoeng ena e bakiloeng ke maemo a tsoileng taolong ea bona."

Kopanong ea Labobeli la White House, Dow o khothalelitse batsamaisi hore ba nahane ka $ 150 limilione tse likete molemong oa lekala le pharalletseng la maeto. Har'a mekhoa e hlahisitsoeng:

Theha Letlole la Ts'ebeliso ea Basebetsi ba Travel
Fana ka Setsi sa Mokoloto oa Tšohanyetso bakeng sa likhoebo tsa maeto
Lokisa le ho fetola mananeo a kalimo ea SBA ho ts'ehetsa likhoebo tse nyane le bahiruoa ba bona.

Worst of Travel Jobs Catastrophe Will Hit in Next Two Months

Coronavirus will cost the U.S. travel sector 4.6 million jobs by the end of April, according to updated analysis released Wednesday by the U.S. Travel Association.

Earlier projections released by U.S. Travel foretold catastrophic losses of $355 billion and 4.6 million travel-related jobs this year.

But the latest data shows that $202 billion in direct travel spending and all 4.6 million jobs will disappear before May.

The numbers highlight the need for aggressive and immediate action by the federal government, travel leaders say. The non-airline travel sector is seeking $250 billion in disaster relief to avoid putting millions of Americans out of work.

“The news we have for policymakers and the public is very challenging: the 15.8 million American jobs supported by travel are directly in the crosshairs of the health crisis, and the only thing that’s going to protect them is aggressive financial relief right now,” said U.S. Travel President and CEO Roger Dow, who on Tuesday presented the economic impact projections and the travel industry’s relief request to President Trump and Vice President Pence at a White House meeting.

Dow continued: “There are countless stories of travel businesses—83% of which are small businesses—working hard to do right by their workers. But the cold reality is they can’t support their employees if they don’t have any customers, and they don’t have any customers because of the actions needed to halt the spread of coronavirus. Millions of Americans shouldn’t have to lose their jobs by acting in the interest of public health.

“We’re witnessing the shutdown of travel. The economic effects of that are already disastrous, but could become worse and permanent unless the government acts now.”

Relief measures requested by U.S. Travel on behalf of the industry include:

Establish a $250 billion Travel Workforce Stabilization Fund to keep workers employed.
Provide an Emergency Liquidity Facility for travel businesses to remain operational.
Bulk up and streamline the SBA loan programs to support small businesses and their employees.

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