Kutengeswa kwepasirese panhandare yendege kunofungidzirwa kusvika US $ 48.2 bhiriyoni muna 2020, kusvika 6.1% muna 2019, sekureva kwedata uye analytics nyanzvi. Zvisinei, kuwedzera kwekuoma kwe coronavirus zvino inogona kuve nekukanganisa kunhamba dzevatakuri vepa airport - zvichikonzera kushushikana kwevashandi vepanhandare nevatengesi.
Kudzivirirwa kwekufamba kwevatengi veChinese kuchakanganisa mashandiro ezvitoro zvepa airport pasi rese. Mumakore mashoma apfuura vatengesi vepanhandare yendege, kunyanya avo vari kuEurope, vakagadzirisa zvirevo zvavo, vakabatanidza mhinduro dzekubhadhara dzeChinese uye vakaisa mari muvashandi vanotaura Mandarin kuti vatarise vafambi vechiChinese uye nekuwedzera mikana yekukura kwekutengesa. Kana kushanya kwekunze kubva kuChina kuchitambura nekuda kwekoronavirus, vashandi venhandare yendege nevatengesi vanofanirwa kugadzirisa hurongwa hwavo kuti vatarise vamwe vafambi.
Muna 2003, SARS yakaita kuti kushandiswa kwekushanya muChina kudonha apo nhamba dzevashanyi kuThailand, Malaysia, Singapore neHong Kong dzakadzikira zvakanyanya, zvichikonzera kuti ndege dziende pasi uye kudzikisira nguva dzekubhururuka. Coronavirus yakatobvisa mari yekutengesa uye yekutandara mukati mezororo reChinese New Year nekuda kwevatengi vari kukurudzirwa, uye mune dzimwe nguva kumanikidzwa, kugara mukati uye kudzivirira kufamba.
Mukupindura dambudziko iri, vatengesi vari kufunga nezvekuvhara zvitoro, ne China Duty Mahara Boka kuvhara mall yayo muHaitang Bay - zvichikanganisa APAC duty free musika muna 2020. Kana mahofisi ekunze achinge awedzera zano rekunzvenga kuenda kudunhu reHubei kune mamwe matunhu, ipapo nhamba dzevatyairi nenhandare dzendege munzvimbo dzekushanya dzakaita seBeijing, Shanghai, Chengdu neXi 'an will be negatively hit. BA yakamisa ndege dzese dzakananga kuChina kusvika Ndira 31, kunyangwe webhusaiti yeBA isingaratidzi ndege dzakananga kuChina kusvika Ndira naKukadzi, nepo United Airlines neCathay Pacific Airways vakamisawo ndege dzakasarudzwa kuenda kuChina.
Asia Pacific inofungidzirwa kuti ndiyo inokurumidza kuita dunhu rekutengesa nendege muna 2020, nekutengesa kwakakwira 8.4% kusvika US $ 21.7bn - 45.1% yechiteshi chepasirese. Nepo kubuda kwekoronavirus kuchangoburwa uku kusati kwave kuenzaniswa nekukanganisa kweSARS, kana iyo coronavirus ikaramba ichipararira pasi rose mukati megore ra2020 kukanganisa kwayo pakushanya nehupfumi, kunyanya kuAPAC, inogona kunge yakanyanya.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- 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.
